RUSTLINE DEATH - BOOTS OF LEAD

RUSTLINE DEATH - BOOTS OF LEAD 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: BOOTS OF LEAD (Rustline Death / Built to Last) *[Intro]* (Low, crawling guitar drone. Each note drags like metal scraping concrete.) *STEP…* *DRAG…* *STEP…* *DRAG…* A voice, distant and hollow: “Some days don’t ask you to run…” “They ask you to survive the next step.” --- Verse 1 I woke up with a body That felt like broken stone, Every muscle like a memory I was never meant to own. The world don’t slow for burden, It just keeps pushing through. So I lace up all this weight again Like it’s something I can use. And every step is thunder That nobody else can hear… Just me and all this silence And the grind of wasted years. --- Chorus BOOT OF LEAD… DON’T LET ME FALL. BOOT OF LEAD… I FEEL IT ALL. BOOT OF LEAD… BUT I STILL RISE. I WALK THROUGH HELL… WITH OPEN EYES. --- Verse 2 The road feels like a furnace That forgot how to cool down, Every mile is a whisper That tries to pin me to the ground. But I’ve learned something in the breaking That no comfort ever taught: You don’t lose the fight by falling… You lose it when you stop. So I drag myself through daylight, Like a shadow made of grit… Every breath a small rebellion Against everything that quits. --- Bridge There’s no glory in the aching, No applause inside the pain. Just a man and his persistence Walking through the pouring rain. And if heaven’s got a ledger Of the weight I’ve had to bear… I hope it sees I never dropped it Even when it wasn’t fair. --- Breakdown (Tempo slows further. Bass hits feel like collapsing steps.) STEP… DRAG… STEP… DRAG… BOOT OF LEAD… BOOT OF LEAD… CAN’T TURN BACK… CAN’T UNBLEED… (Guitar bends painfully, like metal under tension.) --- Verse 3 I don’t need no empty promise, I don’t need a softer road. I just need the strength to carry What I’ve always had to hold. And if my shadow grows much longer Than the man I used to be… Then I hope it means I kept on movin’ When nothing else could carry me. --- Final Chorus (Huge, Crushing, Slow) BOOT OF LEAD… BUT I STILL STAND. BOOT OF LEAD… IN THESE DAMNED HANDS. BOOT OF LEAD… I WON’T COLLAPSE. I’LL WALK THROUGH FIRE… AND NEVER LOOK BACK. --- Outro (Everything fades except a single dragging guitar note.) A final whisper: “Heavy feet don’t mean weakness…” (pause) “They mean you’re still going.” *STEP…* *DRAG…* Silence. ©Rustline Records