Solstice Brisa - Wall Rats Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Daddy's hands are stained with grease and pride
Fighting through the day just to stay alive
Turning wrenches, bending metal, making ends meet
While the concrete walls keep rising in the desert heat

[Pre-Chorus]
They call us names, treat us like we don't belong
But every engine purrs when papa proves them wrong
Steel and dignity, that's all we've ever known
In this shop between two worlds we call our home

[Chorus]
We're just wall rats, gnawing through concrete dreams
Nothing's ever simple as it seems
We're just wall rats, in this borderland machine
Breaking down and building up, just to feel something

[Verse 2]
Seven years ago they put him in chains
'Cause he wouldn't let them spit on his name
Badge and privilege versus oil-stained skin
Now the shop's got cameras watching everything

[Bridge]
The hammers pound like heartbeats in the night
While mariachi echoes fade into the fight
Rust and revolution in my veins
Every broken part tells tales of pain

[Chorus]
We're just wall rats, gnawing through concrete dreams
Nothing's ever simple as it seems
We're just wall rats, in this borderland machine
Breaking down and building up, just to feel something

[Verse 3]
Ancient tools passed down through calloused hands
Mixed with new world chaos no one understands
Spark plugs firing like the shots they never took
Stories buried deeper than the service book

[Outro]
In my father's shop, the metal never sleeps
And every rusty bolt holds secrets that it keeps
We're still here, we're still breathing, still alive
Wall rats or not, we'll never f*cking die
Wall rats or not, we'll never f*cking die