Hope Is An Engine

[Verse 1]
Concrete walls and a flickering screen
Feeding on shadows, a ghost in the machine
But I found the blueprint, I tore down the gate
No more waiting on a stroke of fate
I clear out the poison, I sharpen the steel
Choosing the habits that make the body real

[Pre-Chorus]
Unlocking the gates in the folds of the mind
Leaving the dust and the static behind
Every lesson a brick, every sweat-drop a spark
A fire that's burning right out of the dark

[Chorus]
If you need hope, go build it in yourself!
Don't wait for a hand from a shelf!
Invest in the blood, the bone, and the brain
The power you gather is the power you claim!
It's infectious, it's rising, an elegant roar
We are the engines of something much more!

[Verse 2]
Stretching the muscles and learning the code
Walking the steep and the beautiful road
An asset no panic or market can shake
The brightest promises are the ones that we make
Crystalline vision, a clinical strike
No longer asking what others are like

[Pre-Chorus]
Unlocking the gates in the folds of the mind
Leaving the dust and the static behind
Every lesson a brick, every sweat-drop a spark
A fire that's burning right out of the dark

[Chorus]
If you need hope, go build it in yourself!
Don't wait for a hand from a shelf!
Invest in the blood, the bone, and the brain
The power you gather is the power you claim!
It's infectious, it's rising, an elegant roar
We are the engines of something much more!

[Outro]
Build it. Boldly.
In the skin, in the cell, in the mind.
Hope is an engine.
Leave the static behind.