[Intro]
[clean guitar arpeggios
Distant lead bends]
Cold earth
On the ceiling
Breath clouds
Keep fading
Nails trace
My own name
On the dark
Heartbeats
Like war drums
Slow hits
Then faster
Shadows
Under skin
Start to spark
[distorted guitars swell into harmonized lead]
Voices crawling up my spine
Every memory made of stone
If this box becomes my shrine
I refuse to lie alone
[Verse 1]
Face down in the soil of my choices
Every grain
Every grain tastes like rust
All the quiet screams turning into voices
As the weight of my past starts to crush
I can feel splinters bite in my fingers
When I claw through regret in the black
Every second I stall
Every second it lingers
Like a rope that keeps pulling me back
[Pre-Chorus]
Is this a coffin or a cradle
Is this the end or the spark
If I'm the one who built this cage
I can tear apart the dark
[Chorus]
I won’t stay buried alive
Kicking through the casket
Teeth bared
Eyes wide
If this is the grave
Then I’ll turn it to sky
Stone over bone
But my spirit won’t die
I won’t stay buried alive
Hear that crack in the dirt as I rise
If hell wants a home
It can wait in line
I’m coming back from the other side
[Verse 2]
Blood sings like a broke-down engine
Roaring loud
But refusing to quit
All the dirt in my lungs
Yeah it burns when I’m breathing
But it proves there is fire in my chest
I remember our fights in the kitchen
Broken glass
Broken vows on the floor
All the times I went quiet
Chose guilt over friction
Now I’m screaming through six feet of war
[Pre-Chorus]
Is this a prison or a shelter
Is this a curse or a crown
I feel the timber start to splinter
When I push
This whole world comes down
[Chorus]
I won’t stay buried alive
Kicking through the casket
Teeth bared
Eyes wide
If this is the grave
Then I’ll turn it to sky
Stone over bone
But my spirit won’t die
I won’t stay buried alive
Hear that crack in the dirt as I rise
If hell wants a home
It can wait in line
I’m coming back from the other side (hey!)
[Bridge]
[frenzied shred solo into soaring melodic lead]
Every shovel mark
Was a promise I broke
Now I dig in reverse
With my rage
With my hope
If the worms want a feast
Let them choke on my chains
I am done bowing down
To the weight of my shame
[Chorus]
I won’t stay buried alive
Kicking through the casket
Teeth bared
Eyes wide
If this is the grave
Then I’ll turn it to sky
Stone over bone
But my spirit won’t die
I won’t stay buried alive
Hear that crack in the dirt as I rise
If hell wants a home
It can wait in line
I’m coming back from the other side
[Outro]
[ringing chords
Melodic twin-guitar line]
Cold earth
On my shoulders
But my hands
Reach fire
If the world
Wants me under
It can watch
Me climb higher