Sunrise cracks my back like a lightning bolt
Coffee steams through my veins, silver spilt on stone
I haul the weight of this rusted world on calloused arms
Hammer echo dancing 'neath steel-toed alarms
Yet my name's just a whisper in their hollow halls
Their nods drip slow like lukewarm rain
While my sweat writes stories they can't contain
No golden plaque for the one who gives
Just silent thanks-and a door that never gives
Blood on my boots, and they still hire more
Clock keeps pounding, but I'm locked behind their door
I'm the engine that they ignore
Breaking my back when they need it most
Neon lights hum in the break-room's haze
Your paycheck's written in the bones I raise
They stack their crew in boardrooms made of glass
While my shadow stretches, fading in the past
I plant my pride in fields of shattered praise
Sunset bleeds gold on my aching spine
I count the cracks where my true worth should shine
Blueprints drawn in the scars on my hands
I'm building kingdoms on unspoken demands
Yet they welcome strangers while I stand in line
Hear the thunder in my silent vow
I'll carve my legacy on this sweat-soaked brow
No chain can tether the fire I own
I'll rise from cinders they've always thrown
Feel the tremor rippling in each breath
My spirit roaring past their silent theft
I'll seize the dawn they forgot to see
And crown the world with what they owe to me
With every heartbeat I shatter these walls
A wildfire rising from answered calls
I'll storm the gates built on my sacrifice
Forge my sunrise from their silent lies
Unleashed power in these tireless bones
I'll fan these sparks into a roaring throne
Blood on my boots, and they still hire more
Clock keeps pounding, but I'm locked behind their door
I'm the engine that they ignore
Breaking my back when they need it most
I'm the engine that they ignore
Breaking my back when they need it most
