Verse
Tin roof cooling as the last set spins
Gold light climbing over zinc and bins
Mine dust settled on the taxi rank
Old men's boots left prints along the bank
Someone's grandfather walked this road at four
Lantern swinging, humming to the ore
Now the speaker hums that same low sound
Dawn is breaking, bass still shaking ground
Pre-Chorus
Feel it lifting through the concrete
Feel it climbing up through my feet
Every shift they carried, every mile they made
Rising with the sun, refusing to fade
Chorus
Dust and gold at dawn, we're still standing
Dust and gold at dawn, hearts expanding
Feet still moving when the sky turns bright
Dust and gold at dawn, we made it through the night
Verse
Water tank glowing pink above the roof
Sweat and smoke, we got nothing left to prove
Every hand up catching first-light rays
Same horizon that they walked for days
Steam off the coffee cart, breath in the cold
Bones remember what the shafts were told
Now we dance it loose, we dance it free
Turning heavy history into gold and me
Pre-Chorus
Feel it lifting through the concrete
Feel it climbing up through my feet
Every shift they carried, every mile they made
Rising with the sun, refusing to fade
Chorus
Dust and gold at dawn, we're still standing
Dust and gold at dawn, hearts expanding
Feet still moving when the sky turns bright
Dust and gold at dawn, we made it through the night
Bridge
This is the hour they didn't get to keep
This gold that spills is louder than sleep
I'll dance it for the ones still underground
Let the light pay back what the dark took down
Chorus
Dust and gold at dawn, we're still standing
Dust and gold at dawn, hearts expanding
Feet still moving when the sky turns bright
Dust and gold at dawn, we made it through the night
