Scrap and Steam

Lyrics

Verse 1
M
I step off the dock, got a busted-up map
Rust in my teeth, and the whole town’s trapped
That spider-ass train got a face full of hate
And the tracks go cold when I hear that scrape

Scrap in my pocket, I’m counting my pain
Every damn hut got a story of the same
Old men shake when they speak his name
“Charles in the dark, son, don’t feed the flame”

I’m patching my wheels, got a shotgun grin
Run through the woods with the fear on my skin
Open that box, take the egg, then split
I don’t come here to pray, I come here to win

Pre-Chorus
Cut the fence
Hear that screech
Too damn close
Three cars deep

Lock the door
Boost the steel
If he finds me now
Somebody bleeds

Chorus
Choo Choo Charles, take a bite
I ain’t dying on this night
Scrap my train, I still ride
Hell on wheels, fuck your pride
Choo Choo Charles, hear me run
I got steel, I got a gun
Try to catch me, you’ll get burned
This whole island’s your damn tomb

Verse 2
M
I hit the cabin, the painter’s there
Eyes like glass and a preacher’s stare
He points at the eggs, says “don’t look back”
Says that beast came from a broken black pack

I go find lore in a mine so deep
Walls full of marks like they never sleep
Each damn altar, each rusted sign
Feels like a curse got welded in time

I grab more scrap, upgrade the rail
Engine coughs like it’s ready to fail
Armor on the front, now the plates don’t bend
But his claws still tear through steel like a friend

Then that horn cuts through the midnight fog
One red glare, and the whole world stops
I fire at the eyes, I swing and scream
This ain’t a game, this is hell with steam

Pre-Chorus
Cut the fence
Hear that screech
Too damn close
Three cars deep

Lock the door
Boost the steel
If he finds me now
Somebody bleeds

Chorus
Choo Choo Charles, take a bite
I ain’t dying on this night
Scrap my train, I still ride
Hell on wheels, fuck your pride
Choo Choo Charles, hear me run
I got steel, I got a gun
Try to catch me, you’ll get burned
This whole island’s your damn tomb

Verse 3
M
Now I see the truth in the factory smoke
Somebody fed that thing, somebody broke
Not just beast, nah, it’s older than sin
Like the island itself let the nightmare in

I swing through the yard with my engine hot
He snaps through a bridge like it’s goddamn not
I’m making the rounds, I’m cleaning the route
Every egg I destroy brings the monster out

I hear those miners in my head like ghosts
“Keep moving, keep shooting, protect your post”
So I roll that train like a blade through night
One last stop and I’m ready to fight

Bridge
M
Turn the key
Hit the gas
One more pass
Make it last

[H] Charles
You can run
You can scream
I’m the throat
In your dreams

H
I smell the fear
I smell the flame
You feed the night
I eat your name

Final Chorus
Choo Choo Charles, take a bite
I ain’t dying on this night
Scrap my train, I still ride
Hell on wheels, fuck your pride
Choo Choo Charles, hear me run
I got steel, I got a gun
Try to catch me, you’ll get burned
This whole island’s your damn tomb

Outro
M
One more shell
One more mile
Dead-eyed beast
Last damn trial

H
Choo Choo Charles
Choo Choo Charles
Beneath your tracks
I wait, I crawl