They're stepping up production at the power plant
The bosses count the profits while the workers chant
They're digging ever deeper for increased demand
As the ore trundles down the conveyor belt
And the orange furnace fires begin to smelt
Live exclusive broadcasts watch the icecaps melt
"You'd better put your backs into it gang!"
The foreman cried out as the shift sirens rang
His voice tinged with panic, their hands shook with haste
As the steam rose in columns, the tombs were encased
While the property men were a**essing the worth
Of luxury housing deep in the earth
The wealthy viewed mansions carved out of stone
Down in the dark, in the dark.. Subterranean zone
Down in the dark, in the dark, in the dark
In the dark, in the dark...
Subterranean zone
Subterranean zone, subterranean zone, Subterranean zone
The only grades that matter are centigrade
In comparison everything seems to fade
When it's one fifty five fahrenheit in the shade
On a February morn your veins choke and freeze
At minus ninety five degrees
Skin breaks like plastic, brittle arteries sieze
"You'd better put your backs into it gang!"
The foreman cried out as the shift sirens rang
His voice tinged with panic their hands shook with haste
As the steam rose in columns the tombs were encased
While the property men were a**essing the worth
Of luxury housing deep in the earth
The wealthy viewed mansions carved out of stone
Down in the dark, in the dark.. Subterranean zone
Down in the dark, in the dark, in the dark
In the dark, in the dark...
Subterranean zone
Subterranean zone, subterranean zone, Subterranean zone
The remnants of mankind take their places and sit
In a shaft lined with torches, blackened faces are lit
By the echoes of silence in this bottomless pit
In the huddled confusion startled eyes dart around
Staring fixed skyward at the slightest small sound
As their eyes grow accustomed to the light underground
Subterranean zone, subterranean zone, Subterranean zone
Subterranean! Subterranean! Subterranean!
Subterranean zone!