[Verse 1: Elias Soriano]

No uphill battles, just wars

Coming to shore dropping literary soldiers

Bold enough to hold the line

Era-defining with the revolution on my shoulders

Breaking spokes on the wheel

That's turning girl against boy

Boy against girl, world against man

Man against world

The average soul is on a path to starving from



[Pre-Chorus: Elias Soriano]

Lack of any kind of feeling connected to compassion

Compartmentalizing every action

The wheel controlling this machine is about to be broken



[Chorus: Elias Soriano with Rasheed Thomas & B.C. Kochmit]

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

You're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

Oh, you're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)



[Verse 2: Elias Soriano]

'Round and around and around

Whittle down every tooth

Every gear inside going 'round

Common ground ain't so common on the feet

When the ground is a street

Made of all the broken dreams

Of the weak, the poor, the feeble, and the meek

Powerless, helpless, homeless on the street

Cowardice, gutless, spineless, heartless

Call 'em misbegotten

'Cause it's gotten so rotten from



[Pre-Chorus: Elias Soriano]

Lack of any kind of feeling connected to compassion

Compartmentalizing every action

The wheel controlling this machine is about to be broken



[Chorus: Elias Soriano with Rasheed Thomas & B.C. Kochmit]

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

You're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

Oh, you're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)



[Guitar Solo: B.C. Kochmit]



[Refrain: Elias Soriano with Rasheed Thomas & B.C. Kochmit]

Wheel against will



[Chorus: Elias Soriano with Rasheed Thomas & B.C. Kochmit]

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

You're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

Oh, you're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)



[Outro Chorus: with Rasheed Thomas & B.C. Kochmit]

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

You're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)

Metal rubbing against steel - lifeless

(Wheel against will)

Oh, you're rusted over. I'm busting loose

(Wheel against will)