Intro

The old machines still breathe beneath the floor.

Cold air moves through the broken doors.

Verse 1

I learned to stand where the walls lean low,

Where rust marks time and the hard winds blow.

No borrowed crown, no easy road,

I carry the weight, then I change the load.

Chorus

Rise from the dust, keep your name intact.

Turn every closed gate into a forward track.

The ground may shake, but I will not bend.

I build from the ruins and begin again.

Verse 2

Steel in the silence, frost on the rail,

A distant warning rides the evening gale.

I know what it costs to continue alone,