Track · Mar 5, 2026 · English

Backslide Gospel

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3:33

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You watched me swear it off

Hands held high in a parking lot prayer

I threw my bottles at the curb

Said I'd never crawl back there

You framed my sober chip

Right beside the family cross

Now it's face-down in a drawer

I’m rehearsing every loss

[Chorus]

I’m preaching what I don't believe

Singing hymns with broken teeth

Every promise tastes like rust on my tongue

I keep falling through my own amen

Breaking every vow again

Backslide gospel

I choke on every word I’ve sung

I had faith

Now I just play the part and come undone

[Verse 2]

I still drive the long way home

Past that bar with the crooked sign

Tell you "traffic" made me late

While I'm trading grace for one more lie

You say "I’m proud of how you’ve changed"

I just stare at your shaking hands

’Cause I can smell last night on mine

Like a brand I can’t withstand

[Chorus]

I’m preaching what I don't believe

Singing hymns with broken teeth

Every promise tastes like rust on my tongue

I keep falling through my own amen

Breaking every vow again

Backslide gospel

I choke on every word I’ve sung

I had faith

Now I just play the part and come undone

[Bridge]

I used to see a future in the stained glass

Now it’s just my failure in the shards

Every prayer I ever whispered

Comes back marked "return to sender" on my heart

If there’s a light

It skips my name (skips my name)

If there’s a cure

It’s not this shame (not this shame)

I’m the wound that will not heal

The believer who can’t feel

[Chorus]

I’m preaching what I don't believe

Singing hymns with broken teeth

Every promise tastes like rust on my tongue

I keep falling through my own amen

Breaking every vow again

Backslide gospel

I choke on every word I’ve sung

I had faith

Now I just mouth the words and come undone

Yeah

I had faith

Now I’m the prayer that even heaven shuns

Style

rockheavy emo rock with male vocalsdrop-tuned guitars locked to a mid-tempo stomp. tightchoked verses with palm-muted crunch and dry vocal up front; chorus explodes with wide octave leadsgang shoutsand tom-heavy drums. bridge strips to bass and distant guitar swellsthen slams into a final double-chorus with rawshout-sung harmonies and a lingering feedback tail.emoenglish

Prompt

Falling back into old habits after hope—heavy emo rock about relapse, guilt, and losing faith all over again.

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GeneratedMar 5, 2026

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