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Lyrics
[Intro]
[Violin crying
Slow
Bending into the first chord]
[Verse 1]
I wake up in the metal
Bolts where my bones should be
Teeth taste like old pennies
Rust in the place of sleep
The mirror shows a stranger
Hard frame
Haunted eyes
I button up this borrowed skin
And pretend it fits me right
[Chorus]
But I keep dreaming out of iron
Slipping through these aching seams
Just one day without the grinding
Just one breath that doesn’t scream
If there’s a morning made of mercy
Let it find me in this frame
Let me walk an hour in daylight
And forget I ever knew this pain
[Verse 2]
The doctor talks like weather
“Storms
” “fronts
” “it’s just the way”
He measures out my minutes
In little plastic gray
I joke about the future
He laughs
But looks away
I’m learning how to love a life
That takes more than it pays
[Chorus]
Still I keep dreaming out of iron
Slipping through these aching seams
Just one day without the grinding
Just one breath that doesn’t scream
If there’s a morning made of mercy
Let it find me in this frame
Let me walk an hour in daylight
And forget I ever knew this pain
[Bridge]
Will I ever rise
Not counting every stair
Not bargaining with God
For a night of lesser cares
If there’s a gate that opens
On fields that feel like rain
I’ll trade this whole hard body
For a moment free from pain
[Chorus]
So I keep dreaming out of iron
Slipping through these aching seams
Just one day without the grinding
Just one breath that doesn’t scream
If there’s a morning made of mercy
Let it call me by my name
Let me lay this old shell down now
And step out
Unafraid of pain
[Outro]
[Violin holds a thin
Shaking note
Fading into silence]
Details
GeneratedFeb 26, 2026
Duration4:11
LanguageEnglish
Style
rock, Dusty country-rock ballad with trembling male vocals, weeping solo violin intro. Fingerpicked electric guitar and brushed kit move slow and heavy; warm bass glues everything. Verses stay sparse and close-mic’d, Cohen-esque delivery on the edge of a whisper. Chorus swells with organ pads and low two-part harmonies, violin answering the vocal like a second voice. Final pass strips back to voice, violin, and soft guitar, ending on a fragile held note., vocal, country rock, violin, sad, slow
Credits
Prompt by
James6346
James6346ModelAria v5
Prompt
Violin crying intro, slow country rock sad melody, slow dark old man Leonard cohen shivering vocal about dreaming of a day without pain in this mechanic body
