Shackleton Heights

(album: King Of The Moon - 2023)

You've seen the shining city up on the hill
Can't miss it
It's out of your reach economically still
But someday soon...

For now there's a place for you down below
In your price range
Cheap rent, short commute, and a big box store
What else do you need?

In Shackleton Heights
Living on credit in the Heights
Start a family in the Heights
Good paying jobs for kids in the mines
In Shackleton Heights

Paying the debt I took to get this job
Water, air, and rent
More money than I'm making coming off the top
Less than nothing left

How can anybody here afford to live?
This economy
Seven days a week, eighteen hours to a shift
I want to die

In the picturesque moon mining city of Shackleton Heights
Union terrorists want human rights
Find yourself on a list in the Heights
People just disappear in the night
In Shackleton Heights

In the futuristic company town of Shackleton Heights
Water's grey like your lungs but you're fine
Ten to a room on the floor, packed in tight
The cops opened fire on a strike
In Shackleton Heights