Spider On Rails

Lyrics

Verse 1
Got a rust-bite train and a map full of dread
Pulled up on the island with a target on my head
One-eyed terror in the fog, I can feel him around
That spider-ass engine make the whole damn ground pound
Eggs in the dark and the cults at the dock
They talk like saints till the monster goes off
I’m scrap-hunting hard, bolt cutters in my hand
Trying to turn this weak little train to a war machine, damn
Every shack got a secret, every road got a scream
And the sky stay low like it’s crushing my dreams
Eugene said run, then the night got mean
Now I’m in this fucked-up story like a broken-off scene

Pre-Chorus
Hear that whistle cut the haze
Hear that steel in the maze
If he locks that track on you
You better pray your wheels hold true

Chorus
Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
He got eight legs on the gun

Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
I’m alive if I outrun

Verse 2
I’m patching the armor with scraps and rust
Putting teeth on the front so the engine can bust
Got the flame in the sidecar, got the cannon locked in
When that freak comes close, I’mma make him spin
Red eyes in the treeline, quick flash, gone
Then the whole track shakes like a murder song
I stop at the mines where the dead air sinks
Find a busted-up note and a chest full of links
Upgrade after upgrade, I grind for the fight
Every last bolt I take feels like I bought one more night
Old house, broken gate, and a prayer in my chest
But fear don’t drive this train, I do, motherfuck the rest

Bridge
Half-time
Big fuckin’ boss in the smoke, I see you
Metal on metal when I line up the view
No hero shit, just a man with a plan
And a railgun heart in a rusted-out can

Chorus
Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
He got eight legs on the gun

Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
Choo Choo Charles, run
I’m alive if I outrun

Verse 3
Final mile, nightfall, whole island goes black
I can hear him climbing while my wheels stay strapped
Every bridge got a tremble, every tunnel got teeth
And the fear in my throat try to swallow me deep
But I seen what he is, just a curse with a crown
A thing made from hunger and a town gone down
So I burn through the fog with the sirens up loud
Let the wreckage sing back to the monster somehow
If I die, I die driving straight at the flame
If I win, then the island remembers my name
Yeah, I came for the scrap and the gold in the dark
Left with a war, a scar, and a wolf in my heart

Outro
Choo Choo Charles
You better run
Choo Choo Charles
I’m not done