Prompt / Lyrics
[INTRO — HAMMERLOCK] "I've hunted monsters across a dozen worlds. None of them made my hands shake. Until I met a man with a Jakobs name and a heart that refused to break." [Wainwright:] "I thought I was a monster once. Then he looked at me. Not at the name. Just me. And I thought… maybe I'm not the thing I was born to be." --- [VERSE 1 — HAMMERLOCK] I've seen the Jakobs name from the outside. A fortress. A wound. A thing they hide Behind walls and smiles that don't reach. I knew the stories. The lies they told To keep the fortune. To keep the hold. I didn't expect to find you there. A man with calloused hands and a prayer For something better. I didn't expect to fall for you. --- [VERSE 2 — WAINWRIGHT] I grew up in the shadow of a gun. My father's voice was the only sun I ever knew. Cold. Precise. Aimed. I learned to watch the workers die And call it progress. Call it fate. I was the ghost of a machine. Then you walked in. A hunter. A man With scars on your hands. You stayed. You saw something I'd forgotten I'd got. A chance to be something other than the legacy. --- [HOOK — BOTH] A LOVE LETTER IN LEAD. A PROMISE IN STEEL. A MAN WHO LEARNED TO FIGHT. A MAN WHO LEARNED TO FEEL. WE BUILT THIS FROM NOTHING. FROM THE DIRT. FROM THE ASH. A LOVE LETTER IN LEAD. A VOW WE WON'T BREAK. WE'LL BUILD SOMETHING NEW. WE'LL BE BRAVE. --- [VERSE 3 — HAMMERLOCK] I hunted beasts that could tear a man in two. I thought the world was just the scent Of blood and bone and the will to survive. Then I met you. And I felt alive. Not because you saved me. Because you looked at the rot And said "I'll make it good." --- [VERSE 4 — WAINWRIGHT] He held my hand when the weight Of the Jakobs name was a blade at my throat. He said "you're not them. You're your own song." He stayed when the walls came down. He stayed when the ghosts came crawling. I swore I'd be someone worth staying for. --- [BRIDGE — BOTH] [Wainwright:] "You ever think about what we're building? What it might cost?" [Hammerlock:] "Every day. I choose you. I choose the thing that might fail. But I'd rather fail with you than succeed alone." [Wainwright:] "That's the most terrifying thing anyone's ever said to me." [Hammerlock:] "Good. Now let's go build something." --- [FINAL HOOK — BOTH] A LOVE LETTER IN LEAD. A PROMISE IN STEEL. WE BUILT THIS FROM NOTHING. FROM THE DIRT. FROM THE ASH. A LOVE LETTER IN LEAD. A VOW WE WON'T BREAK. WE'LL BUILD SOMETHING NEW. WE'LL BE BRAVE. WE'LL BE BRAVE. --- [OUTRO — HAMMERLOCK] "I've hunted monsters across a dozen worlds. None of them made me believe in anything. Then I found a man with a Jakobs name and a heart that wouldn't quit." [Wainwright:] "And I found a man who looked at the rot and saw something worth saving. That's the promise. That's the love letter in lead."
Tags
Folk Rock, Country Duet, male
Duration
4:18
Instrumental
No
Created
3/31/2026