Ruby Thorne - Factory Lights Lyrics

[Verse 1]
December frost on factory glass
Two lost kids from the working class
Marcus wore his sister's old coat
While I counted chimney smoke
In the parking lot behind school
Where the cool kids called us fools

[Pre-Chorus]
But they didn't see the magic in our eyes
When the factory lights would rise
Like our own Christmas display
While the world slipped away

[Chorus]
Factory lights, they shine so bright
Making diamonds out of lonely nights
You held my hand through winter's bite
We made our own Christmas that night
Under factory lights

[Verse 2]
Mum worked late on Christmas Eve
Dad's boots left traces in the weave
Of snow-covered concrete dreams
While other families watched TV screens
We found shelter in the dark
Trading secrets, leaving marks

[Pre-Chorus]
And they'll never know the way we felt so free
Just you and me underneath
Those industrial stars
Healing childhood scars

[Chorus]
Factory lights, they shine so bright
Making diamonds out of lonely nights
You held my hand through winter's bite
We made our own Christmas that night
Under factory lights

[Bridge]
Sheffield steel runs through my veins
Like the memories of those days
When being different felt okay
'Cause you saw me anyway
In the glow of furnace flames
Nothing else could feel the same

[Outro]
Now when Christmas comes around
I still hear that factory sound
And somewhere in my mind
We're still thirteen, you and I
Under factory lights
Making Christmas feel alright
Under factory lights
Making Christmas feel alright