[Intro]
Boots on the porch, sparks in the rain
A rusted six-string and a runaway train
You sold my name for a seat at the feast
Now every promise comes back with teeth
[Verse 1]
You shook my hand with a pocketknife smile
Kept me working while you counted the pile
Said, “Stay in line,” like a saint in a suit
So I kicked down the gate and I tore out the roots
I got dust in my lungs, blood on my sleeve
One good reason left to believe
You can keep your crown and your polished lies
I’ll raise hell where your clean world dies
[Pre-Chorus]
No more kneeling, no more pardon
I’m the match beside your garden
[Chorus]
You made a monster, now watch it break loose
Hell on the wheels and a head full of proof
Sing it loud, let the whole damn county know
You can’t bury what you’re too afraid to face
[Verse 2]
The radio preacher keeps selling his cure
While the hungry line up outside the store
Your flag in the window, your hands in the till
You call it law when you’re feeding the kill
I’ve been called foul, reckless, and lost
Funny how truth always carries a cost
So fuck your throne and your velvet excuse
I’m taking back every inch you abused
[Drop]
Cut the lights
Break the chain
Let the low end shake the frame
[Breakdown]
You wanted quiet—get a scream
You wanted fear—get gasoline
You wanted me beneath your boot
Now taste the dirt beneath the roots
[Chorus]
You made a monster, now watch it break loose
Hell on the wheels and a head full of proof
Sing it loud, let the whole damn county know
You can’t bury what you’re too afraid to face
[Bridge]
From the backroad fence to the factory floor
Every locked-out heart is kicking your door
No savior coming, no clean escape
We build our future from the mess you made
[Final Chorus]
You made a monster, now watch it break loose
Guitars like thunder and a head full of proof
Sing it loud, let the whole damn county know
You can’t bury what you’re too afraid to face
[Outro]
Boots on the porch, dawn in the flame
I kept my soul, you can keep your name