[Intro] [Verse 1 ] I was the kid born cursed, Chambers blood like chains around my throat Twelve years old and already marked for the noose the town had wrote Vern came breathin' panic through the treehouse smoke, a dead boy waitin' on the tracks like a bad joke No more penny games or pretend wars — we ran toward the void with bleeding hearts Gordie drownin' silent in his brother's ghost, Teddy shatterin' under his old man's fists Me? I glued us together with lies and rage, one last sprint before the darkness claimed its wage [Pre-Chorus ] No more bells, just the scream inside my skull Railroad ties like scars we had to pull Top dog in a crew already breakin' Identity rottin' before we started fakin' [Chorus] It was our Railroad Summer, last gasp before the world broke us clean Recess forever turnin' nightmare on those endless iron dreams From middle boys drownin' high on stolen courage and fear We gradu-atin' straight to hell, facin' who we'd die becomin' here One last flip across the trestle’s deadly drop, one last trip where innocence got shot Brothers in blood... lookin' back, those rails still drag me down, non-stop [Verse 2] Leeches burrowed deep beneath our skin, suckin' out the last of what was pure within Junkyard dogs and older wolves circlin' tight, smellin' the weakness, ready for the bite We clawed through thunder, rain like judgment poured, campfire flames exposin' every wound we’d ignored Gordie whisperin' Denny’s corpse into the black, I confessed stealin' milk money just to fight the lack Town already buried me alive as trash — these boys the only rope I had Teddy screamin' at ghosts that wouldn’t die, Vern shakin' like a leaf about to fly We found that swollen body, maggots in its eyes — death stared back and laughed at all our lies [Pre-Chorus] Childhood cracked like brittle bone that night Pool fights were nothin' to this kind of fright Mom’s warnings drowned in the roar ahead We chased the reaper just to feel half-dead [Chorus] It was our Railroad Summer, wildest poison we’d ever swallow whole Middle of nowhere, feelin' high as the darkness swallowed our soul Packed the trauma, chased the scream, before the grown-up nightmare’s stream Railroad forever — burned into my veins, a scream [Bridge - slow, spoken-sung, voice cracking, minimal instrumentation] Years bleed on and I still taste the iron rust That summer didn’t save us — it showed us the dust Family curse heavy as the body we dragged home Loyalty cut deeper than any knife to the bone I shielded Gordie from the fall I knew was mine Learned a boy can die inside long before his time We faced mortality’s cold, unblinking grin Four broken kids who’d never be kids again [Final Chorus] Yeah, it was our Railroad Summer, the one that killed the light inside Recess forever buried deep where the innocent boys died From shadow creatures clawin' toward the sky, we gradu-atin' under funeral clouds Don’t rush us, world — we stood together broken, bleeding, proud Last recess... we paid for it with blood... [Outro] I never had friends later like the ones when I was twelve... Every summer breeze still smells like death... and pulls me back.
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