[Verse 1]
Steel-toed boots on a factory floor
Clock screams red
Still wanting more
Hands all calloused
Heart runs dry
Breathing in smoke
Too tired to cry
[Chorus]
I got rust in my veins
Iron in my lungs
Every gear that grinds
Keeps cutting my tongue
Turn me
Tear me
Feed me to the machine
’Cause the rust in my veins
Is the only thing clean (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Barcode scars on the back of my neck
Name tag life
Just a number on a check
Teeth grit hard through the siren’s wail
Dreams locked tight in a rusted pail
[Bridge]
Who’s pulling these chains?
Who counts every breath?
Is this work or worship
To a god of death?
(Answer me)
Or grind me down again
[Chorus]
I got rust in my veins
Iron in my lungs
Every gear that grinds
Keeps cutting my tongue
Turn me
Tear me
Feed me to the machine
’Cause the rust in my veins
Is the only thing clean (woah)