Flatbed Reaper

[Intro – distorted guitar chug, rumbling double bass drums] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1 – crushing guitar riffs, machine-gun blast beats] Steel wheels grind the blacktop bone 18 gears scream through the unknown Caffeine veins and bloodshot eyes Chasing deadlines till the sun dies [Pre-Chorus – building guitar harmonies, snare roll build-up] Load secured but soul unbound Hauling hell from town to town No rest for the chosen few Who ride the line between the blue [Chorus – guttural vocals, breakdown-style guitar chugs, thunderous kick drums] Flatbed reaper, highway ghost Burying hope where the asphalt grows 18 wheels of rust and rage Carrying the weight of a broken age [Verse 2 – palm-muted guitar chugs, rapid-fire blast beats] Dead man’s curve and a blown-out tire Pray to the radio for a lucky wire Sleeping in a cab with a diesel hum Counting the miles till the day I’m done [Pre-Chorus – intensified guitar layers, faster snare rolls] Load secured but soul unbound Hauling hell from town to town No rest for the chosen few Who ride the line between the blue [Chorus – layered guttural vocals, heavier breakdown, industrial sound effects] Flatbed reaper, highway ghost Burying hope where the asphalt grows 18 wheels of rust and rage Carrying the weight of a broken age [Bridge – slow, sludgy guitar riffs, sparse drum hits, haunting clean vocal undercurrent] Graveyard rest stops and empty plates Memories fade like the diesel fumes Every mile is a nail in the coffin Every horn is a death knell’s coughin’ [Solo – chaotic guitar shred, whammy bar wails, blast beat backdrop] (Instrumental Solo) [Final Chorus – full band assault, dual guttural vocals, maximum intensity] Flatbed reaper, highway ghost Burying hope where the asphalt grows 18 wheels of rust and rage Carrying the weight of a broken age [Outro – fading guitar feedback, distant truck horn, final crushing drum hit] Steel wheels grind to a halt The flatbed reaper’s final fault