Ground Between the Gears

Intro

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Verse 1

Cogs grind me down to paste

My ribs caught in the teeth

Steam hisses through the gap

Where my name used to be

Harpoon of a minute hand

Punches clean through my skull

Wires drink what leaks out

The gears keep turning slow

Chorus

Time has a firm hold

A fist around my throat

Time has a firm hold

And I am ground to nothing

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Verse 2

Stretched on the rack of hours

My spine sings like a saw

Rusty pendulum swinging

Waiting to take my jaw

It takes a dozen passes

Before my head comes loose

Glass dust in my eyelashes

Cutting where I bruise

Chorus

Time has a firm hold

A fist around my throat

Time has a firm hold

And I am ground to nothing

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Bridge

Work on and on

Work until you bleed

Work on and on

Failure guaranteed

Nothing to stand on

Nothing left to see

Nothing to stand on

Nothing left of me

Chorus

Time has a firm hold

A fist around my throat

Time has a firm hold

And I am ground to nothing

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Outro

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