Ghost in the Gear

[Intro]\n\n[Verse]\nClock strikes twelve again\nMetal biting like a sin\nOil deep beneath the nail\nAnother shift inside the jail\nThe lathe begins to hum\nMy fingers growing numb\nBlue sparks light the air\nIn a world that doesn't care\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nSteam curls from the loading dock\nEyes fixed on the ticking clock\nCoffee burnt and bitter cold\nTrading youth for getting old\n\n[Chorus]\nI build a world I’ll never see\nA ghost inside the machinery\nThey don’t even know my name\nJust a spark to feed the flame\nGrinding decades into the floor\nWhile they’re knocking on the door\nOf a life I can’t afford\nI’m just a cog for the board\n\n[Verse]\nSteel-toe boots are thin and worn\nA heavy heart is getting torn\nSpark-shrouded in the haze\nCounting out the empty days\nI shape the parts that fly away\nTo places where I’ll never stay\nThe foreman never looks my way\nGot nothing left to say\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nSteam curls from the loading dock\nEyes fixed on the ticking clock\nCoffee burnt and bitter cold\nTrading youth for getting old\n\n[Chorus]\nI build a world I’ll never see\nA ghost inside the machinery\nThey don’t even know my name\nJust a spark to feed the flame\nGrinding decades into the floor\nWhile they’re knocking on the door\nOf a life I can’t afford\nI’m just a cog for the board\n\n[Bridge]\nThe exit sign is bleeding red\nA thousand words I never said\nIf I walk out into the rain\nWill I lose the only chain\nThat keeps me fed and keeps me whole?\nOr is the price my very soul?\nI got nothing else if I’m gone\nWaiting for a silent dawn\n\n[Solo]\n\n[Chorus]\nI build a world I’ll never see\nA ghost inside the machinery\nThey don’t even know my name\nJust a spark to feed the flame\nGrinding decades into the floor\nWhile they’re knocking on the door\nOf a life I can’t afford\nI’m just a cog for the board\n\n[Hook]\nOil and iron, blood and bone\nBuilding empires not my own\nOil and iron, blood and bone\nStanding in the dark alone\nOil and iron, blood and bone\nI am just a rolling stone\n\n[Outro]\n\n