Inside the Fire
[Outlaw Country / Waylon–Cody Jinks–Whiskey Myers flavor]
Verse 1
Most folks don’t know what this life is
They ain’t felt that graveyard shift
Crawlin’ in a boiler at 3 AM
With a hood, a rod, and a bad back bendin’
Burnin’ steel till your arms give out
Sweat and smoke and a whole lotta doubt
Sparks come down like a hard cold rain
While the world sleeps sound and forgets your name
Chorus
Inside the fire
Inside the smoke
That’s where the real ones get bent, not broke
Black lungs, white lights, long hard road
Back full of hurt and a heavy load
We built it hot
We built it right
Kept this whole damn world alive at night
If you ain’t lived it, you won’t know why
We leave our name in the sparks that fly
Verse 2
They don’t know the miles or the motel walls
The calls back home and the layoffs and all
The wild jobs, the jokes, the pills, the pain
The same old habits on a different train
They don’t know the bond when the work gets bad
Why the best friends you’ll make wear a hood and a hard hat
They don’t know the pride in a weld laid down
Knowin’ that steel’s still gonna stand when you ain’t around
Chorus
Inside the fire
Inside the smoke
That’s where the real ones get bent, not broke
Black lungs, white lights, long hard road
Back full of hurt and a heavy load
We built it hot
We built it right
Kept this whole damn world alive at night
If you ain’t lived it, you won’t know why
We leave our name in the sparks that fly
Bridge
I been writin’ it down for two long years
No polished lie, no cleaned-up tears
Just brotherhood, chaos, loyalty, need
And the hard road truth of weed, speed, and greed
The jobs that made us
The nights that broke us
The lines we crossed
And the ghosts that smoke with us
Final Chorus
Inside the fire
Inside the smoke
That’s where the real ones get bent, not broke
Steel in our hands
Dust in our boots
Truth in the bottle and fire in the roots
We built it hot
We built it right
Kept this whole damn world alive at night
If you’ve lived this life, you’ll know each line
If you haven’t, this is the closest you’ll get to mine
Outro
Most people will never understand it
And they never will
But if you’ve ever stood inside that fire
You already know
