RUSTLINE DEATH - BENT BUT NEVER BROKEN

RUSTLINE DEATH - BENT BUT NEVER BROKEN Nu Metal, Pop Rock, Bluegrass, Fiddle, Electric Fiddle, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Soul, Blues, Heavy Metal, Symphonic Rock, Epic Symphonic, Death Metal, Grunge Rock, dynamic melodies, electrifying, hypnotic groove, Dark, Despair, Heavy Grooves, Heavy Drum Fills, progressive metalcore, Thrash Metal, DOOM MUSIC, Drop D Tunning, Screamo Lyrics: Bent But Never Broken (Rustline Rock) Verse 1 This old road's been mean as hell, Chewed my tires and stole my sleep. Left my knuckles split and bleeding, Promises I couldn't keep. I've swallowed dust with every setback, Wore defeat like second skin. But every time life knocked me sideways... I stood back up again. --- Chorus You can bend me... You can bruise me... You can leave me black and blue. Throw your worst into the fire... I'll come walking straight through. I've been battered by the weather, But my roots are set like stone. Bent... But never broken. --- Verse 2 I've watched good people lose good people. Watched dreams disappear like smoke. Heard the silence after bad news... That's enough to make you choke. Still the sun keeps climbing mountains, Still the rivers find the sea. So who am I to quit When the whole world's still fighting to breathe? --- Bridge Steel don't learn its strength Inside a quiet room. It earns it in the furnace... Where the hottest fires bloom. Maybe every scar's a hammer. Maybe every tear's a spark. Maybe pressure ain't the villain... Maybe it's the forge That shapes the heart. --- Chorus You can bend me... You can test me... Till there's nothing left to hide. But every crack you've given me Has only strengthened what's inside. I ain't made of polished silver. I'm old iron through and through. Bent... But never broken. --- Verse 3 When my body starts to slow down, When my hands don't hold the same... Don't mistake a little weather For a man who lost his flame. I'll still stand beside my family. I'll still shoulder every load. 'Cause strength was never measured By the easiest of roads. --- Guitar / Banjo Duel (Heavy electric guitar tears into the melody.) (Banjo answers every phrase with fast, driving rolls.) (Fiddle climbs over both until the whole band crashes back in.) --- Final Bridge Don't pray for lighter burdens. Pray for stronger backs. The oak don't fear the thunder... It digs its roots in deeper Every time the sky attacks. --- Final Chorus Bend these bones! Break these plans! I'll still build with these two hands! Take my comfort! Take my pride! You can't touch what's deep inside! I've been tested. I've been tried. I've stared defeat straight in the eyes. And I'm still standing. Still breathing. Still swinging. Bent... But never broken. --- Outro (Everything cuts out except one distorted electric guitar.) One note rings... The drummer hits four slow crashes. The singer growls softly: "Still here..." Silence. ©Rustline Records