[Verse 1]
Metal coffin
no warning, just flash
heat hits my teeth
then the world turns ash
Saw the hatch peel
like paper in flame
someone’s dog tags ringing
calling my name
Smoke in my lungs
taste diesel, taste rust
praying to anything
under this dust
[Chorus]
I was inside the tank when it blew
charred air, burned hair, my skin, my crew
Every ricochet still cuts right through
I’m alive on the outside
but I died in there too (yeah)
I was inside the tank when it blew
close my eyes, I’m right back in that view
Every ricochet still cuts right through
You don’t come back clean
you just learn to move
[Verse 2]
Boots in the hallway
but I’m stuck in that shell
sirens in the distance
sound just like artillery bell
I smell the fuel
on my hands in the sink
scrub till they’re bleeding
still see them blink
Therapist talking
about breathing and peace
I’m counting each crack
in the floor like a breach
[Bridge]
How do you sleep
when the steel remembers
How do you eat
when the smoke still lingers
How do you heal
when your bones keep shaking
How do you live
with a heart this vacant
[Chorus]
I was inside the tank when it blew
charred air, burned hair, my skin, my crew
Every ricochet still cuts right through
I’m alive on the outside
but I died in there too
I was inside the tank when it blew
close my eyes, I’m right back in that view
Every ricochet still cuts right through
You don’t come back clean
you just learn to move