Rust and Reverie

Coffee’s cold

Ash on the desk

Phone screen burning

Another unread text

Same four walls

Closing like a fist

I used to dream in color

Now it’s static in the mist

So I scream through steel

Till my throat turns rust

Grinding down the fear

Into metal and dust

If the weight won’t lift

Then I’ll wear the weight

Turn this rust and reverie

Into something that won’t break

Clock hands drag

Like chains on stone

Every small mistake

Carved into bone

You say “it’s fine”

With your jaw pulled tight

We’re all cracked helmets

In a never-ending fight

So I scream through steel

Till my throat turns rust

Grinding down the fear

Into metal and dust

If the weight won’t lift

Then I’ll wear the weight

Turn this rust and reverie

Into something that won’t break

[Beat drops into halftime

Guitars stab

Vocals guttural]

Bite down

Till the teeth give way

If the world won’t change

I will anyway (hey!)

Rip out

Every rotting doubt

I’m the one that stays

When the lights burn out

So I scream through steel

Till my throat turns rust

Grinding down the fear

Into metal and dust

If the weight won’t lift

Then I’ll wear the weight

Turn this rust and reverie

Into something that won’t break