Fault Lines in My Smile

[Verse 1]
Woke up loud in a quiet room
Jokes too sharp
Hands still shaking from the last high tide
You say
"You're scaring me"
I laugh it off
But my teeth feel wrong
Like they’re made of glass
Every word I spit
Cuts a map across your face
[Pre-Chorus]
You keep asking
"Who are you today?"
I keep asking
"How long will you stay?"
[Chorus]
I’m a landslide in your living room
You keep standing there
Breathing in the dust I make
And I swear I don’t mean to break you too
But my fault lines run
Right through you
Right through you (oh)
Right through you
[Verse 2]
Weekends dead on the bedroom floor
Curtains closed
Phone on fire from the missed calls
You leave water by the bed
Talk soft like I’m already gone
Your smile heavy as a winter coat
You’re shrinking just to fit
Around the weight I dropped on you
[Pre-Chorus]
You keep asking
"Will this ever end?"
I keep saying
"Maybe
" like a curse again
[Chorus]
I’m a landslide in your living room
You keep standing there
Breathing in the dust I make
And I swear I don’t mean to break you too
But my fault lines run
Right through you
Right through you (yeah)
Right through you
[Bridge]
High as a match
Low as the ash
I burn us up
Then drown the crash
I wear two faces
You wear the bruise
For every mood I didn’t choose (hey!)
I’m sorry is a broken tool
Bent from all the times I used it on you
[Chorus]
I’m a landslide in your living room
You keep standing there
Breathing in the dust I make
If I crack
If I cave
Will you make it through?
When my fault lines run
Right through you
I don’t want this storm
To be your truth
But my fault lines run
Right through you
Right through you

rock, Crushing metalcore / alt-metal hybrid with male vocals; palm-muted chugs and dissonant leads in the verses, drums lurching between half-time weight and frantic bursts. Pre-chorus pulls back to clean, chorus hits wide with soaring yet strained melody over open chords. Bridge dives into chaotic post-hardcore breaks, screamed/gang vocals, then a final, exhausted, melodic chorus., metalcore, alternative metal, post-hardcore