Rust and Reverb

Boots on the concrete, steel in my teeth

I grew up chewing on static and grief

Ink on my knuckles, rust on my chains

Laughing at the thunder when it called my name

Dead-end job, dead eyes on a screen

Clock hits five, I step out of the machine

Headphones up, world fades to a smear

Every heartbeat hits like a riot in my ear (yeah)

I’m made of rust and reverb

Cracked lungs, still I scream these words

Turn my scars into metal and flame

Let the noise carve out my name

I’m made of rust and reverb

Kick back when the pressure hurts

If the world won’t hear my side

I’ll set the volume high and collide

Shove in the rage, let it sharpen my smile

I’ve been out of place since I was a child

Teacher said “quiet,” I heard “ignite”

So I wrote my homework on the back of a fight

Blood on the floor, but it dried into paint

Halo’s too tight, so I tore off the saint

I don’t want calm, I don’t want peace

I want that moment when the chaos feels like release (woah)

I’m made of rust and reverb

Cracked lungs, still I scream these words

Turn my scars into metal and flame

Let the noise carve out my name

I’m made of rust and reverb

Kick back when the pressure hurts

If the world won’t hear my side

I’ll set the volume high and collide

Tell me, do you feel it

In your bones, in your breath, in the break of the ceiling

Tell me, will you claim this

Every bruise, every bruise like a brand-new faith (hey!)

We’re made of rust and reverb

Cracked lungs, still we scream these words

Turn our scars into metal and flame

Let the noise carve out our names

We’re made of rust and reverb

Stand tall when the pressure hurts

If the world won’t take our side

We’ll set the volume high and collide