The Protomen - The Good Doctor lyrics

My father worked the mines
Until the day it took his life
Stole him from his only son
And it stole him from his wife
And I swore upon his grave:
Someday, I would make things right
So I learned how to bend steel
I learned how to make it move
And I watched as it withstood
All the hell we put men through
With hands of iron
There's not a task we couldn't do

They've waited so long for this day
Someone to take the death away
No son would ever have to say
"My father worked into his grave"

Tom, listen to yourself
Then listen carefully to me
If you replace the working parts


You get a different machine
The man who turns the wheels
They will follow anywhere he leads
We've spent our whole lives searching
For a way to make a better world
Giving everything to them
Asking nothing in return well, here it is!
A chance to take back everything we've earned

They've waited so long for this day
(They've waited so long for this day)
Someone to take the death away
(There is no price they wouldn't pay)
No son would ever have to say
(For someone else to lead them)
"My father worked into his grave"

(Don't turn your back on me)

Light walked slowly to the
Window overlooking the
City he knew he had no choice
But to turn on the machines they'd
Come so far to turn back
Now would be failure failure of his promise
To the city failure of his
Promise to his father failure of the
Promise he'd made to himself

What will I become
With the things I will create?
I never said that men should bow
I never said that men should break
I only want what's best
The one I love, she works so hard
She works her fingers 'til they bleed
Some of the pain that she endures
Would bring a strong man to his knees
I only want to help (You are a fool)
You underestimate the character of man
(They are weaker than you think)
You think that they'll surrender
If you bind their working hands
But they are strong! (Just wait and see)
We will build cities in a day
(Men would cower at the sight)
We will build towers to the heavens
(Man was not built for such a height)
We will be heroes! (We will BUILD heroes)

Tom reluctantly reached out his hand to the
Wall and pulled the large metal lever
For miles
Lights flickered under the sudden strain as
The machines were brought to life

They've waited so long for this day
For someone to take the death away
No son would ever have to say
"My father worked into his grave"
Men sleep tonight with hands of bone
They will awake with hands of steel
And with these hands, we will destroy
And with these hands, we will rebuild
And we will stand above our city
Rising high above her streets
From tops of buildings, we will look
At all that lies beneath our feet
And we will raise our hands above us
Cold steel shining in the sun
And with these hands that will not bleed
Your father's battle will be won!

As Thomas Light left the
Workshop, descended the stairs
And walked out in the cold night air
His partner surveyed the machines they
Had spent their lives creating
His gaze shifted from one
Pair of lifeless eyes to the next
Until he came upon a single red light shining
Through the blacked-out blast shield of a
Dark green helmet he shuddered
This was the new
Face of fear he quickly turned to exit
The machine striding stoically a few
Steps behind the two
Men were both headed to the same place

Thomas Light walked slowly through
The darkened streets
His mind was racing his decision, right or
Wrong, had been made nothing could undo it
Now he spoke to himself in hurried
Hushed tones weighing the consequences of his
Actions a familiar automobile passed him
In the darkness he was too lost
In thought to take notice