Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I woke up with dust on my tongue
A busted clock and a job half done
The rent man’s knocking through the wall
But I stand up when I hear him call
My boots got holes, my hands got scars
Still I reach past the ragged dark
One more mile on a busted chain
One more day in this hard rain
[Pre-Chorus]
I been bent, I been bruised
I been burned by the truth
Still I rise, still I breathe
Still got grit in my teeth
[Chorus]
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
Make or break, I don’t stop
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
Till I reach that broken top
[Verse 2]
The world runs hot on a thin-wire edge
Every man out here’s got a fence to mend
Every promise comes with a cost
Every clean road starts in the lost
I learned to count by the scar and sigh
To keep my name with a steady eye
If the ground won’t hold, I dig it in
If the door won’t open, I wear it thin
[Pre-Chorus]
I been bent, I been bruised
I been burned by the truth
Still I rise, still I breathe
Still got grit in my teeth
[Chorus]
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
Make or break, I don’t stop
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
Till I reach that broken top
[Bridge]
When the night comes down like a busted screen
And every dream looks meaner than it seems
I’ll spit my fear in the dirt and dust
Turn my pain into working rust
[Final Chorus]
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
Make or break, I don’t stop
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
Till I reach that broken top
Take the knocks
Take the knocks
I was built from what you drop
Style
dark country blues with banjo and drop-tuned grunge guitarsslow-burn half-time groove and a dragging stomp; verse rides bare banjolow guitar rumbleand boot-fall percussionpre-chorus opens with strained snare lifts and ragged harmony stackschorus hits with wide distorted chords and a gritty gang-vocal chant. lead vocal is close-miccrackedand double-tracked on the hook with raw ad-lib tails. ear candy: scrape swells into chorusesbent-banjo fills between linesand a final breakdown with handclaps and feedback haze. mix is dustyheavyand chest-level punchy.worldgrungecountry bluesslow
Prompt
A dark country blues with banjo and drop tuned guitars in a grunge style hard slow burn about finding grit and making your way in today’s world. Taking every hard knock until you make or break it
Credits
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CrystalJam101
CrystalJam101GeneratedJun 3, 2026
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