Prompt / Lyrics
[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
Tags
metal, Melodic metal with down-tuned twin guitars and male vocals. Track opens with a clean, melancholic guitar arpeggio and distant toms, then slowly layers in distorted harmonies. Verses ride a mid-tempo, palm-muted groove under soaring but gritty vocals; chorus widens with open chords, side-chained synth pad, and stacked harmonies. Double-kick swells in the second half for lift, ending on a sustained feedback-drenched chord.
Duration
3:32
Instrumental
No
Created
3/26/2026