Broken Engine Lament

[Verse]
Turning wrenches til my hands got worn
Under that hood I was barely ever torn
Frustration breathing but it felt so right
Knuckles bleeding in the cold garage light

[Verse 2]
Dad's old tools rattling where they lay
Echoes of lessons he’d show me each day
His voice a memory I can't let go
In that home town where the engines still glow

[Chorus]
Metal screams and the oil runs black
Time won't stop but it always looks back
Missing the sound of his steady tone
Fixing engines so I’m not alone

[Verse 3]
Dust on the workbench time hasn’t touched
Schematics scrawled in pencil he’d clutched
Each gear he turned like a story untold
Every lesson priceless yet I feel so cold

[Bridge]
Fingers on steel but my soul feels bare
Without his guidance that lingers in the air
Searching for answers in a spinning wheel
Lost in this metal trying to feel

[Chorus]
Metal screams and the oil runs black
Time won't stop but it always looks back
Missing the sound of his steady tone
Fixing engines so I’m not alone

rock, gritty, nostalgic