Grind

[Verse 1]
Alarm ring, dark room, eyes burn
Pack my lunch, throw on my steel toes, slow turn
Same uniform , same stains, year ten
Clock card, swipe in, fake grin
Fluorescents hum over bent backs
Supervisor barking out facts
"Pick up pace," like I'm not spent
Whole paycheck gone before rent
[Chorus]
Blue collar grind never dies (never dies)
Same sore feet, same gray skies (gray skies)
But I still show up, still rise
Punch out, clock in, repeat lives
Blue collar grind, bloodshot eyes
I’m too damn tired to romanticize
But I still show up, I still rise
Punch out, clock in, dead tired
[Verse 2]
Hands cracked, cheap soap, cold sink
Microwave dinner, quick drink
Kids homework spread on the couch
Trying not to black out
Group chat wild, "let’s slide tonight"
I text “next time,” they know that lie
Steel in my bones from this line
But rust in my dreams, can’t shine
[Chorus]
Blue collar grind never dies (never dies)
Same sore feet, same gray skies (gray skies)
But I still show up, I still rise
Punch out, clock in, repeat lives
Blue collar grind, bloodshot eyes
I’m too damn tired to romanticize
But I still show up, I still rise
Punch out, clock in, dead tired
[Bridge]
Who gon’ build that store?
Who laid down that road?
Who froze every night
Just to keep your house warm?
We’re ghosts in the back
Name tags, hair nets, pale light
But every drag of my breath
Is one more fight, one more fight (yeah)
[Chorus]
Blue collar grind never dies (never dies)
Same sore feet, same gray skies (gray skies)
But I still show up, I still rise
Punch out, clock in, repeat lives
Blue collar grind, bloodshot eyes
I’m too damn tired to romanticize
But I still show up, I still rise
Punch out, clock in
Punch out, clock in
Dead tired, still rise

[Guitar Solo]

rock, hard rock blues, male tired lyrics