[Intro]
Fingers on rusted strings
Dust in the broken seams
Quiet as ticking teeth
Counting down beneath
[Verse 1]
You said it’s just another day
Another gear that grinds away
Coffee stains and crooked ties
Staring through fluorescent skies
Paper cuts along your palms
Tiny wars behind your calm
Every laugh a tightened jaw
Every breath a deeper claw
[Chorus]
Ashes in the gear
That’s what we are here
Grinding down our hearts
Till they disappear
If this is all there is
I won’t die like this
I’ll burn
I’ll break
I’ll tear
Ashes in the gear
[Verse 2]
Clock hands carve you into stone
Name tag welded to your bones
Dreams boxed up in storage rooms
Sleeping under buzzing fumes
You mouth “I’m fine” but I can tell
You’re rehearsing how to yell
Waiting for a single spark
To drag the fire through the dark
[Chorus]
Ashes in the gear
That’s what we are here
Grinding down our hearts
Till they disappear
If this is all there is
I won’t die like this
I’ll burn
I’ll break
I’ll tear
Ashes in the gear
[Bridge]
Tear the pages
Trash the plan
You were never
Built for bland
Let it crack
Let it sear
Be the flame
Inside the gear (yeah)
[Chorus]
Ashes in the gear
We were more than fear
Feel the fracture start
Turning into steer
If this is all there is
I’ll rewrite it
Twist
I’ll burn
I’ll break
I’ll steer
Ashes from the gear