Lyrics
(Sound of a phone ringing once, then a BEEP)
Hey, it's uh... it's 3:47 on the Rankin Bridge.
The air smells like wet slag from the Edgar Thomson plant.
Yeah, I know. But for the first time, my hands aren't shaking.
The rebar in my spine just... settled.
[Chorus]
(Lead) This is my load-bearing joy
(Backing) (Won't collapse, won't collapse)
(Lead) I'm not your broken boy
(Backing) (Not looking back, not looking back)
[Verse 2]
Sorry, a freight train just went by... shook the whole damn deck.
Used to feel that tremor in my teeth, a hairline fracture in the quiet.
You once said, "You're just a blueprint for a ruin, Chris."
Well, I'm calling you from the finished house. The windows are in.
[Chorus]
(Lead) This is my load-bearing joy
(Backing) (Won't collapse, won't collapse)
(Lead) I'm not your broken boy
(Backing) (Not looking back, not looking back)
[Bridge]
The Monongahela's just black glass tonight.
And I can finally breathe without a catch in the trachea.
No torsion. No sheer. Just...
[Chorus]
(Lead) THIS IS MY LOAD-BEARING JOY
(Backing) (WON'T COLLAPSE, WON'T COLLAPSE)
(Lead) I'M NOT YOUR BROKEN BOY
(Backing) (NOT LOOKING BACK, NOT LOOKING BACK)
[Outro]
Anyway. Just... wanted you to know.
(Click)
About Chris Cordel
Chris Cordel was raised in the rust-colored shadow of Pennsylvania's defunct steel mills, where his powerful singing voice was a source of shame. After his father smashed his first guitar, he left home and eventually found work as a welder, a trade that taught him about structural integrity and imperfect mends. Now, from his Pittsburgh basement, he forges soaring grunge anthems that treat the…
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