Rusted Gears Revival (version 2)

Intro

Garage light flicker, three in the morning

Same five shadows, engine still warming

Rust on the chain but the bond never rotted

We built this from scraps that the world had forgotten

Verse

Six years deep in this workshop, grease under my nails

Cipher on the torque wrench, Vex reading the gauge trails

Same block, same corner, same busted-up gate

We patched every leak with the loyalty we made

Ain't no fair-weather riders, we the all-weather crew

Cold nights, hot days, still we're welding it through

My brother pawned his watch just to keep the lights running

Never asked for it back, that's the math of the coming

Vex kept the books straight when the whole thing was sinking

Counted every dollar twice, never once was she blinking

We been broke, we been flush, still the circle unbroken

Every gear got a story that ain't never spoken

They said rust don't polish, said the engine was done

But we sanded down the doubt till the metal turned to sun

Now the block hums different, the whole street can hear it

Rusted gears revival, and we the ones who steer it

Chorus

Rusted gears, rusted gears, we still turn

Oil in the blood, that's the loyalty we earn

Ain't no chain gon' break what the crew built

Rusted gears revival, that's the code we live

Verse

Vex on the mic now, same garage, different verses

I remember busted knuckles, empty pockets, empty purses

Cipher taught me patience when the engine wouldn't start

Said the loudest part of loyalty is the quiet part

We buried one homie, kept his wrench on the shelf

Every spin of the flywheel, I swear I feel him himself

Twelve of us started, now it's five who remain

But the five that's left carry the weight of the chain

Bent frame, cracked mirror, still we ride in formation

No GPS needed, we run on obligation

Cousin tried to flip us, got cut like a bad wire

Loyalty ain't a favor, it's the price of the fire

We ain't chasing shine, we chasing what's eternal

Every scar on this engine writes a page in the journal

So when they ask how we lasted through the rust and the rain

Tell 'em the gears kept turning 'cause we kept the same name

Chorus

Rusted gears, rusted gears, we still turn

Oil in the blood, that's the loyalty we earn

Ain't no chain gon' break what the crew built

Rusted gears revival, that's the code we live

Bridge

Every gear got a partner, none of us spin alone

Every scratch on the metal is a name that we've known

We ain't perfect machines, we just refuse to quit

Rusted don't mean broken, it just means we been through it

Outro

Garage light off now, engine still glowing

Same five shadows, still the same current flowing

Rust on the chain but the bond never rotted

This the crew that the world couldn't stop from being started