Entropy’s Heir← What Survives The Fall
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Track 10 · Official lyrics

Built on Unpaid Overtime

4:05Written for the albumEntropy’s Heir

A song about burnout, unpaid labor, and the way workers are expected to sacrifice their time, health, and personal lives to keep everything running. It contrasts the people carrying the workload with the people benefiting from it, showing how exhaustion becomes part of the cost of doing business.

Time dies on a midnight shift.
No pay when the hours drift.
Back bends for the profit lift.
No break while the deadlines shift.

Strip lights buzz with a hollow tone.
Boss calls through a cracked phone.
Every shift like a monotone.
More weight in the undertone.

Unpaid time, make the gears rattle.
No sleep in a deadline battle.
Cold hands in a worn-out saddle.
Turn blood into grinding metal.

If it stalls, we stay up late.
If it breaks, we’re who they wake.
No rest while the numbers wait.
We burn out—they celebrate.

Work piles on the same bent backs.
No pay as the hours pass.
Every load on the same few backs.
Still grind till the daylight cracks.

Dead eyes in a desk seat.
No break, just a slow heartbeat.
Every breath in a dead heat.
Still grind through a six-day week.

No sleep in the night grind.
Cold hands with a split mind.
Every gain takes a lifetime.
Still stand while our lives slide.

Hard pulse when the phones hit.
No luck, just a task list.
Every scar in the fine print.
Still breathe through the last shift.

Unpaid time, make the gears rattle.
No sleep in a deadline battle.
Cold hands in a worn-out saddle.
Turn blood into grinding metal.

If it stalls, we stay up late.
If it breaks, we’re who they wake.
No rest while the numbers wait.
We burn out—they celebrate.

Clean suits in a boardroom.
Low talk while the profits shoot.
Every cut like a chess route.
No sweat, just a clear route.

Silk ties with a gold pin.
No rush while the checks print.
Every cut in the fine print.
Our blood in the blueprint.

Top floor where the day ends.
Whole system on our weekends.
No care when our time bends.
All profit when we extend.

Time clocks make our backs crack.
No breaks when the work stacks.
Each win comes with a life tax.
No rest, just a hard fact.

Deep cuts when the calls drop.
No talk, keep the line locked.
Every fix makes the stock pop.
No stop till our hearts stop.

Low praise in a team tone.
No crown, but the blame’s thrown.
Every shift is a war zone.
No life, just a work phone.

Unpaid time, make the gears rattle.
No sleep in a deadline battle.
Cold hands in a worn-out saddle.
Turn blood into grinding metal.

If it stalls, we stay up late.
If it breaks, we’re who they wake.
No rest while the numbers wait.
We burn out—they celebrate.

Shift ends, but the work stays.
Cold coffee in a long day.
If we break, they just look away.
Still built on the hours unpaid.