Clamp Before the Bank Gives

[Intro] [One bar: distorted guitar pinch harmonic, long wail, dive-bomb into gallop] [Bar two: bass doubles the gallop] [Bar three: drums slam in, double-kick accents] [Bar four: growled vocal enters] [Verse 1] Clamp jaws bite the split steel seam Black water climbs through the work-light beam My wrench slips hard on the flooded flange The pump coughs once, then the current surges [Chorus] Seal it now—or climb for air! The trench is climbing, the boards can tear! One more turn, then the whole wall gives— Finish the seal, or get out alive! [Verse 2] Cold at my knees, then higher it pulls Mud packs tight where the shoring groans The foreman’s rope knocks against the brace I taste the rust and i count the waves [Chorus] Seal it now—or climb for air! The trench is climbing, the boards can tear! One more turn, then the whole wall gives— Finish the seal, or get out alive! [Bridge] The gauge is dead The pump is still The clamp needs pressure The bank won’t hold My hands keep turning My boots slide back A crack runs down The timber stack [Guitar solo] [Instrumental: rapid guitar solo with pinch-harmonic squeals and dive-bombs over galloping riff] [Chorus] Seal it now—or climb for air! The trench is climbing, the boards can tear! One more turn, then the whole wall gives— Finish the seal, or get out alive! [Outro] The last bolt locks—the shoring splits I drop the wrench and haul myself up Water takes the clamp, the trench caves in I reach the rim with my lungs still burning