L'histoire
LOCK OUT est une chanson engagée basée sur une histoire vraie, inspirée d’un conflit de travail vécu à Trois-Rivières. Une ville dans la province de Québec au Canada. Elle raconte le lock-out chez Siemens Energy, les familles plongées dans l’incertitude, l’arrivée de travailleurs de remplacement et le sentiment d’injustice vécu par les employés.
La chanson dénonce la perte de dignité et de moyens de subsistance des travailleurs, tout en exprimant leur colère, leur solidarité et leur volonté de ne pas être réduits au silence.
Paroles
The gates of Siemens are locked up tight
Trois-Rivières frozen in the dead of night
A hundred families left out in the cold
No home, no voice, no future to hold
The minister watches with nothing to say
While his daughter helps throw our lives away
They treat us like garbage, throw us aside Like yesterday's dust with nowhere to hide The strikebreakers came and took our place While we fight for a little dignity and space Siemens Energy, your name bears the stain Of the arrogance and greed that brought us pain
A stolen badge, a forged name signed The truth comes out but they're still blind While we stand freezing by the roadside Their privilege glitters with poisonous pride We were the heart, we were the hands Now we're just numbers in their plans
They treat us like garbage, throw us aside Like yesterday's dust with nowhere to hide The strikebreakers came and took our place While we fight for a little dignity and space Siemens Energy, your name bears the stain Of the arrogance and greed that brought us pain
Look at them laughing as they walk through the door While we're left with less than we had before The daughter of power, the sons of gain Turned our livelihoods into wreckage and pain But the river wind is starting to change And the shame they carry will always remain
They treat us like garbage, throw us aside Like yesterday's dust with nowhere to hide The strikebreakers came and took our place While we fight for a little dignity and space Siemens Energy, your name bears the stain Of the arrogance and greed that brought us pain
They treat us like garbage, throw us aside Like yesterday's dust with nowhere to hide The strikebreakers came and took our place While we fight for a little dignity and space Siemens Energy, your name bears the stain Of the arrogance and greed that brought us pain
A stolen badge, a forged name signed The truth comes out but they're still blind While we stand freezing by the roadside Their privilege glitters with poisonous pride We were the heart, we were the hands Now we're just numbers in their plans
They treat us like garbage, throw us aside Like yesterday's dust with nowhere to hide The strikebreakers came and took our place While we fight for a little dignity and space Siemens Energy, your name bears the stain Of the arrogance and greed that brought us pain
Look at them laughing as they walk through the door While we're left with less than we had before The daughter of power, the sons of gain Turned our livelihoods into wreckage and pain But the river wind is starting to change And the shame they carry will always remain
They treat us like garbage, throw us aside Like yesterday's dust with nowhere to hide The strikebreakers came and took our place While we fight for a little dignity and space Siemens Energy, your name bears the stain Of the arrogance and greed that brought us pain