[Verse 1]
I walked out past the wreck
With dust on my tongue
Found a burned-out mall
And a prayer half-sung
Your name on a wall
Still fresh in the grime
I keep my hands busy
Counting bones in time
[Pre-Chorus]
If the sky comes down
I’ll still stand here
If the ground gives way
I won’t disappear
Hear that cold wind laugh
I laugh back loud
I was made for the ruins
I was made for now
[Chorus]
After the end, I’m alive
(Alive, alive)
After the end, I bite back
(Bite back)
Come get close
Come get burned
I’m the last one
You’ll ever learn
[Verse 2]
I sleep in a bus
With a cracked blue seat
A rusted matchbox
And a lock of heat
Kids trade cans for songs
At the market gate
We dance on the ash
To cheat the fate
[Pre-Chorus]
If the sky comes down
I’ll still stand here
If the ground gives way
I won’t disappear
Hear that cold wind laugh
I laugh back loud
I was made for the ruins
I was made for now
[Chorus]
After the end, I’m alive
(Alive, alive)
After the end, I bite back
(Bite back)
Come get close
Come get burned
I’m the last one
You’ll ever learn
[Bridge]
[Drop]
No crowns in this dirt
No saints in these bones
Just me and my shadow
Dragging broken thrones
You want mercy?
Come take it from my hands
I survived the falling
Now I rule the ash
[Final Chorus]
After the end, I’m alive
(Alive, alive)
After the end, I bite back
(Bite back)
Come get close
Come get burned
I’m the last one
You’ll ever learn
After the end, I’m alive
(Alive, alive)
After the end, I bite back
(Bite back)
Come get close
Come get burned
I’m the last one
You’ll ever learn