Tuff As A Tardigrade

[Verse 1]
Cracked teeth
Still I chew through shade
Kick dirt
Turn pressure into jade
I’ve bled
On every road I’ve laid
Still stand
Still strange
Still unafraid
[Chorus]
Tuff as a tardigrade
That’s the way I’m made (hey!)
Hard to kill
That’s why I’m so chill
Watch me wade through the acid rain
Tuff as a tardigrade
You can spit your hate
I won’t break
I just mutate
Hard to kill
That’s why I’m so chill
[Verse 2]
Black lung
From the fire I breathe
Scars hum
Like a secret beneath
You swing
But you’re missing the beast
I thrive
In the drought
In the freeze
[Chorus]
Tuff as a tardigrade
That’s the way I’m made (oh!)
Hard to kill
That’s why I’m so chill
Walk through flames like a summer day
Tuff as a tardigrade
Born to bend
Not fade
Cut me deep
I upgrade
Hard to kill
That’s why I’m so chill

metal, Chunky 90s groove-metal with scooped, down-tuned guitars and a snarling, playful male vocal. Verses ride a mid-tempo, head-nod riff; chorus opens wider with gang shouts on the hook and a rising harmony on key words. Drums hit with big tom fills and china crashes, bass glued to the guitar for a wall-of-sound feel. Brief feedback squeals and pick scrapes punctuate section changes.