Fifty-Two Cycles

Intro

Grinding teeth

Grit

Verse 1

Bitter winter biting back

Fifty-two cycles through the same old cage

I am still standing tall

Spitting out the copper taste of rust

Pre-Chorus

I don't bend

I don't break

I don't bow

Chorus

Half a century trying to bury my name

Buried in the mud but I refuse the grave

Half a century trying to bury my name

I am not finished yet

Not finished yet

The world hasn't killed me yet

Verse 2

Pressure builds against my chest

Sledgehammer heartbeat knocking down the wall

Vultures circling above

Watch them starve while I find my way

Pre-Chorus

I don't bend

I don't break

I don't bow

Chorus

Half a century trying to bury my name

Buried in the mud but I refuse the grave

Half a century trying to bury my name

I am not finished yet

Not finished yet

The world hasn't killed me yet

Bridge

Scar tissue is armor now

Five decades of damage

Five decades of spite

Five decades of keeping my own fire alive

Chorus

Half a century trying to bury my name

Buried in the mud but I refuse the grave

Half a century trying to bury my name

I am not finished yet

Not finished yet

The world hasn't killed me yet