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!Belter's Life Folk Song. Anon. Traditional. **Belter’s life is like a spacer’s** 'Board a ship to cross the stars, Every day a life's in danger, Still they venture, being brave, Watch the rocks, they're falling daily, Careless miners always fail, Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. Chorus: **Union belter, stand together!** **Heed no merchant's tale,** **Keep your hands upon the credits** **And your eyes upon the scale.** **Belter’s life is dust and danger,** Airlock seals and spinning drills, Laser burns and rock explosions, Frozen deaths and sudden spills. Still we dig through night unending, Chasing fortune, thin and pale, Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. (Chorus) **Belter’s life is owned by others,** Bosses rich on what we mine, Say we’re free—but choke our rations, Dock our pay and call it fine. We are names upon a ledger, Dying slow without avail— Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. (Chorus) **But belters know the weight of silence,** And the strength of joining hands, Union forged in rock and vacuum, Harder than the richest lands. We’ll not break for threats or favours, Truth is found in pressure's tale— Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. (Chorus) **Belter’s life ain’t soft and easy,** We don't walk on grassy plains, We breathe our air from pumps and filters, Count each drop when water drains. Let the inners boast of comfort— We were born to steel and shale, Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. (Chorus) **Inners sneer at rockborn struggle,** Laugh at how we speak and dress, But they’d cry for air in seconds If they faced our wilderness. We don’t need their laws or pity, We write truths in scar and nail— Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. (Chorus) **Let them keep their leafy Eden,** We’ve got stars and iron pride, We don’t kneel to thrones or councils, Out here, we stand side by side. From the Belt we make our future, On our terms—we will prevail! Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. (Chorus) **So we sing in void and shadow,** Hammer still and torch aglow, Though the cold may claim our bodies, It can't touch the things we know. We are free where others falter, Born to silence, sharp as hail— Keep your hands upon the credits And your eyes upon the scale. Final Chorus: **Union belter, stand together!** **Heed no merchant’s tale,** **Keep your hands upon the credits** **And your eyes upon the scale.**