[Verse 1]
Thick air
Dust in my lungs
You draw a circle
In spilled red wine
Your eyes
Cold as Toledo steel
You say
“choose a side”
I say
“light the fuse” (hey!)
[Chorus]
Ashes in Phrygian
I burn where I began
Tongue full of rust
I spit again
Name every scar like a prayer
Ashes in Phrygian
Twist every bitter strand
If I go down
I go laughing
Teeth in the sand
[Verse 2]
Bare feet
On cracked tile floors
Heel hits on the four
You tap out war codes
You talk
Sweet like a summer lie
I hear the fracture
Under every sigh (woah)
[Bridge]
[Clean flamenco guitar blooms
Drums drop to toms and rim clicks]
Fingers dance on the edge of the blade
“Stay
” you say
“or be remade”
I break each chain with a quiet “no”
Then scream it twice
Let the marrow know (yeah!)
[Chorus]
Ashes in Phrygian
I burn where I began
Tongue full of rust
I spit again
Name every scar like a prayer
Ashes in Phrygian
Twist every bitter strand
If I go down
I go laughing
Teeth in the sand (teeth in the sand)