Anchor On My Back

[Verse 1]
Hate in my teeth
Blood in my mouth
Phone full of faces
I can’t let down
Knuckles on brick
Breath burning black
Every time I fall
I see who’d crack
All of their birthdays
Pictures on shelves
How could I vanish
And wreck them as well
So I load my rage
Like a gun to my chest
Aim at the dirt
But I can’t pull the rest
[Chorus]
I wanna give up
But your names keep pulling me under
You’re the rope on my wrists
You’re the weight that drags me from the thunder
I keep screaming “I’m done”
But your faces don’t fade to black
You’re the reason I run
You’re the anchor on my back (on my back)
[Verse 2]
Sleep like a crash
Cold as the floor
Every small failure
Feels like a war
Voices that mock
Right in my skull
Telling me “quit”
Till your laughter pulls
I see you waiting
At some empty chair
Wondering why
I was never there
So I bite my tongue
Till the copper floods
If I disappear
It’s you that bleeds out
[Chorus]
I wanna give up
But your names keep pulling me under
You’re the rope on my wrists
You’re the weight that drags me from the thunder
I keep screaming “I’m done”
But your faces don’t fade to black
You’re the reason I run
You’re the anchor on my back (on my back)
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to halftime, guitars chugging in sync with syncopated synth bass]
Cut me, crush me
Tear my soul in two (yeah)
Chain me, cage me
I still crawl to you
I am not okay
But I’m not alone (not alone)
Every broken bone
Points me back home
[Chorus]
I wanna give up
But your names keep pulling me under
You’re the rope on my wrists
You’re the weight that drags me from the thunder
I keep screaming “I’m done”
But your faces don’t fade to black
You’re the reason I run
You’re the anchor on my back
[Chorus]
I wanna give up
But your hearts keep dragging me higher
You’re the light in my fists
You’re the spark in all of this fire
I keep screaming “I’m done”
But your love keeps hauling me back
You’re the reason I run
You’re the anchor on my back (on my back)

rap, Aggressive metal-trap hybrid with male vocals; verses ride distorted 808-style synth bass and tight trap hats under snarled, almost screamed rap; chorus explodes into double-time drums, wide guitars, and soaring melodic topline with gang shouts; bridge drops to halftime breakdown with chugs, dissonant synth stabs, and guttural ad-libs before a final, climactic chorus reprise, metal