Burn My Throat

[Verse 1]
Eyes sandpaper
Tongue tastes rust
Nails in my chest
From the people I trust
Haven’t slept in a week
Just grind my teeth
Blood in my mouth
Every time that I speak
[Chorus]
I burn my throat
Just to feel like I’m alive
Rip these words out
’til my voice can’t survive
I’m so tired
But I’m still ready to fight
I’ll scream
I’ll scream
I’ll scream tonight (hey!)
[Verse 2]
You say “calm down”
I see red
You call it “phase”
I call it my head
Stare at the ceiling
Swallow my doubt
Then I claw my way up
Just to spit it all out
[Chorus]
I burn my throat
Just to feel like I’m alive
Rip these words out
’til my voice can’t survive
I’m so tired
But I’m still ready to fight
I’ll scream
I’ll scream
I’ll scream tonight
[Bridge]
Let it crack
Let it break
Every word
Every ache
Turn my rage
Into sound
’til there’s nothing
Left to drown (woah)
[Chorus]
I burn my throat
Just to feel like I’m alive
Rip these words out
’til my voice can’t survive
I’m so tired
But I’m still here in the light
I’ll scream
I’ll scream
I’ll scream tonight

Explosive hardcore punk, female vocals shredding over detuned guitars and blown-out bass. Drums sprint in d-beat and half-time lurches, tom-heavy breakdown in the bridge. Vocals start mid-range and ragged, then tear into full-throated screams on the chorus; clustered gang shouts and feedback swells add chaos toward the end., raw, female vocals