

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Boarded windows Broken glass in the gutter Spray paint names For the kids they put under Red and blue Paint the brick every summer Another mom Wakes up to a number Sleep gets cut By the siren’s stutter Shots at one Then the whispers mutter I walk fast Past the deals and the hunger Headphones loud Just to drown out the thunder [Chorus] Modesto’s burning in my rearview Every cracked street tryin’ to pull me back I keep driving through the black fumes Heart on E but I won’t turn back All this rust All this heartbreak All these ghosts I refuse to chase Escaping Modesto Before it buries my face [Verse 2] Tent city On the edge of the river Cold night air Got a cruel little shiver Kids skip class For a fast little sliver Of peace in a bag Till their hands start to quiver Gang tags carved In the park-side benches Fear gets thick Like it’s stuck in the trenches Every dream Got a chain-link fence So I wrote my name On the exit entrance [Chorus] Modesto’s burning in my rearview Every cracked street tryin’ to pull me back I keep driving through the black fumes Heart on E but I won’t turn back All this rust All this heartbreak All these ghosts I refuse to chase Escaping Modesto Before it buries my face [Bridge] Will I be more Than a cautionary story? (yeah) Can I outrun Everything that came before me? (before me) If I make it out Will they ever really know me? Or am I just the kid Who finally left the old me? [Chorus] Modesto’s burning in my rearview Every cracked street tryin’ to pull me back I keep driving through the black fumes Heart on E but I won’t turn back All this rust All this heartbreak All these ghosts I refuse to chase Escaping Modesto Before it buries my face
Tags
metal, Dark nu-metal meets trap 808s, male vocals spitting rhythmic verses over chugging drop-tuned guitars and sub-shaking low end. Hook lifts with screamed doubles and distorted harmonies, verses stay tense and syncopated. Sparse, percussive synths in the gaps; bridge drops to half-time with filtered drums then explodes back into a final chorus. Aggressive, cathartic, built to roar in a car at night., nu metal, beats
3:11
No
2/23/2026