Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I woke up in the dark
With the badge on my chest
It felt like a weight
Pressing hard on my ribs
Old coffee in the cup
Cold lights on the page
Same names, same lies
Same blood in the cage
I used to know their faces
Now I only know stats
Body count, write-up, quotas
And a city turned flat
They say, "Hold the line"
While they sharpen the knife
Then ask why my hands
Don’t feel like mine
[Pre-Chorus]
I can feel it
Crawling under my skin
Every door I kicked
Let something else in
They call it duty
I call it decay
I’m losing my name
One shift at a time
[Chorus]
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
Tell me who I was
Tell me who I was
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
I’m still here
But I’m not enough
[Verse 2]
Captain in a clean shirt
Never rode the block
Never saw a kid
Bleed on the sidewalk
Smiling in a boardroom
With a hand on my back
Like a priest in a suit
Selling me a trap
"Professional image"
"Public perception"
"Less force, more numbers"
That’s their confession
But they forget the nights
When we dragged the dead in
Forget the rookies shaking
Forget what they made us
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear it
In the metal doors
All the things we buried
Come back wanting more
They call it order
I call it a grave
I’m losing my face
One form at a time
[Chorus]
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
Tell me who I was
Tell me who I was
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
I’m still here
But I’m not enough
[Bridge]
I see the mirror
And it bites back
Red in the eyes
Black in the past
If I burn out now
Who do I save?
The badge? the badge?
Or the man they made?
[Breakdown]
Hands on the wheel
Teeth in the wire
Heaven went silent
Hell got hired
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
Say my name
Before I go numb
[Final Chorus]
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
Tell me who I was
Tell me who I was
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
I’m still here
But I’m not enough
Badge in rust
Badge in rust
Burn off the plaque
I’m coming up raw
Details
GeneratedJul 6, 2026
Duration3:42
LanguageEnglish
Style
Industrial metal horror rap with a half-time stomp, distorted kick snares, metallic clanks, and tense string hits; verses ride sparse sub-bass and machine-noise pulses, pre-chorus tightens with rising sirens and chopped gang echoes, chorus slams with double-time guitars, huge toms, and shouted unison hooks. Guttural lead vocal with rap delivery, layered screams on ends of lines, filtered radio-voice fragments, reverse impacts into drops, and a wide cinematic, rusted-drum mix, industrial metal, rap
Credits
Prompt byBootsontheGround
ModelAria v5.5
Prompt
A cop who is loosing himself, tired of how the job has changed him, tired how admin treats cops forgetting where they came from in a horror rap, industrial metal, cinematic chaos style
