[Verse 1]
Clock in
Cracked hands
Steel boots
Red sand in the tread
Bills on the fridge
Like a hit list taped to my head
Your picture on my phone
Smudged glass
But you still shine
Kids’ shoes by the door
Tiny footprints pressed into my spine
[Chorus]
I burn
I break
I rise
Phoenix fire in my eyes
From the ashes of these long
Long nights
I steal my life back
I won’t apologize
I burn
I break
I rise
With my blood
My sweat
My tribe
Phoenix fire
And I’m not going out this time
[Verse 2]
Old scars
Fresh rage
Boss barking from a spinning chair
Stale lunch
Cold rage
Chewed down nails
Thousand-yard stare
But you call
Soft laugh
Cutting through the factory roar
You say
“We’ve come too far”
I scream
“I’ll carry ten times more”
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I’ve been dragged through the gravel
Face down in the grind
Every curse
Every battle
Carved into my spine
But when the world throws stones
We build a throne from the pile
Hand in hand at the table
You crack a joke
And I still smile [growled ad-lib: “still smile!”]
[Chorus]