Fractured Spine Cathedral

[Intro]
[drums detonate into full-band hit]
Teeth in the grip
Of a failing dawn
Skin like a scripture
Ripped out
Rewound
[Verse 1]
Veins spell my name
In a language of scars
Every joint clicks
Like a loaded charge
Jaw wired shut
Still I choke on the past
Every step
A shrapnel cast (ugh)
[Chorus]
Break my back in this fractured spine cathedral
Kneel to the ache
To the crippled gospel
I am the rust in the marrow of your steeple
Bleed for the ache
For the crippled gospel
[Verse 2]
White room. Black tape
Echo strapped to the bed
Therapist counting
As the colors all shed
They say “breathe in”
But my lungs turn to glass
Every breath
Another avalanche
[Chorus]
Break my back in this fractured spine cathedral
Kneel to the ache
To the crippled gospel
I am the rust in the marrow of your steeple
Bleed for the ache
For the crippled gospel (bleed)
[Bridge]
Spit out the pills
Like broken little halos
Heartbeat stutter
Into crooked halos
If there’s a cure
It’s carved into the table
If there’s a god
He’s strapped here
Unstable (ugh)
[Chorus]
Break my back in this fractured spine cathedral
Kneel to the ache
To the crippled gospel
I am the rust in the marrow of your steeple
Bleed for the ache
For the crippled gospel (hey!)
For the crippled gospel

metal, Modern brutal death metal; down-tuned, hyper-technical guitars locked to blastbeats and skittering double-kicks. Vocals stack high fry screams over layered tunnel lows, with abrupt stop-start riffs and chromatic stabs. Verses feel claustrophobic and dissonant; chorus punches wider with half-time groove and gang shouts. Male vocals, dense mix, sharp transient drums, and grinding bass for maximum impact., brutal death metal, low