Salt in the Wound

[Verse 1]
Spit in the mirror
Same old ghost in my skin
Hands on the counter
Shaking
Counting every quiet sin
Teeth on the trigger
Jaw tight
Veins in my neck
You say “it’s all in your head”
Well my head is a wreck
[Chorus]
You poured salt in the wound
Said it tasted like truth
But I’m bleeding
I’m bleeding right in front of you
If pain is the price just to feel something new
Then I’ll burn
I’ll break
Till I’m healed from you
[Verse 2]
Threw my trust like a match
Watch it fall
Watch it catch
Every promise you made
Turns to smoke in the cracks
I begged for a lifeline
You sharpened the rope
Turned my open hands
Into scars around hope
[Chorus]
You poured salt in the wound
Said it tasted like truth
But I’m bleeding
I’m bleeding right in front of you
If pain is the price just to feel something new
Then I’ll burn
I’ll break
Till I’m healed from you
[Bridge]
I’m done being the altar
For the things you won’t confess (won’t confess)
Rip your name from my rib cage
Take it back with every breath
I’m not your echo
I’m not your excuse
From the ache in my chest
I will cut myself loose (cut myself loose)
[Chorus]
You poured salt in the wound
Said it tasted like truth
But I’m bleeding
I’m bleeding right in front of you
If pain is the price just to feel something new
Then I’ll burn
I’ll break
Till I’m healed from you
[Outro]
Let the hurt run out
Let the hurt run through
No more salt in the wound
Just a life
Without you

metal, Modern metalcore with down-tuned, palm-muted riffs and syncopated chugs, tight double-kick and explosive tom fills. Screamed verses up close and dry, opening into wide, melodic clean male vocals on the chorus with soaring harmonies. Guitars shift from tense, staccato patterns to open, ringing chords on the hook; bass glues the low end with subtle growl. Occasional ambient guitar swells between sections for breath, overall a cathartic, high-energy arc., soulful, clean, male vocals