Working Hands is an original song from the TrueDark Rising world. It reflects the era of Lodsmack -- the Lifter of Burdens -- when strength, efficiency, and clean work were prized above all else.
The song belongs to a time when survival demanded sharp edges and steady arms. It speaks in the language of stone, hunt, and shared labor, where nothing was wasted and nothing was delayed. Under Lodsmack's teaching, work was not merely necessity but discipline: strike clean, carry more, return stronger. The rhythm of the song mirrors the rhythm of labor -- measured, deliberate, relentless.
Yet beneath its certainty runs a quieter question. The cost of endless productivity lingers in the final lines, asking who feeds the blade, and who bleeds to keep it fed. Like many songs born of Keeper encounters, Working Hands preserves both the gift and the warning. It remembers the strength gained -- and the burden that followed.
Like all songs of this world, it serves as memory. It is meant to be sung in unison, timed to motion, and understood fully only in hindsight.