[Intro]
Scars on my knuckles
Bills on the table
Faith in a chokehold
Hope, barely able
[Verse 1]
Woke up to the ceiling peeling
Mold in the mind, can’t shake this feeling
Phone full of threats and late fees screaming
Still I lace my boots like I’m done with bleeding
Mama in the kitchen, counting coins, hands shaking
Dad on a couch, eyes glass, soul vacant
Everybody praying for a break
I’m praying for a reason just to stay awake
[Chorus]
I’ve been dragging these chains through the fire I made
Trying to climb while the dirt calls my name
If this is hell then I’m learning to blaze
I won’t lie down
I’ll grind my own grave
I’ll grind my own grave (yeah)
[Verse 2]
Talk tough ‘til the night gets quiet
Demons start a group chat, start a riot
Voices in the dark say “nothing’s gonna change”
But I’m sick of being furniture inside this cage
Friends turn ghosts when the lights cut out
Can’t hear love through the static of doubt
But I trust these scars like a roadmap, truth
Every cut carved out a path through the roof
[Chorus]
I’ve been dragging these chains through the fire I made
Trying to climb while the dirt calls my name
If this is hell then I’m learning to blaze
I won’t lie down
I’ll grind my own grave
I’ll grind my own grave (hey!)
[Bridge]
How many nights did I beg that sky
For a sign, for a why, for a lifeline
Got silence back, just silence back
So I became my own war cry
[Chorus]
I’ve been dragging these chains through the fire I made
Trying to climb while the dirt calls my name
If this is hell then I’m learning to blaze
I won’t lie down
I’ll grind my own grave
[Outro]
Hands in the dirt
Teeth in the pain
If life is a burden
I’ll carry the weight (yeah)
I’ll grind my own grave