Trenches in My Head

[Verse 1]
Mud on my boots, taste metal on my tongue
Ground keeps jumpin’ like it’s tryna come undone
Shells paint the sky in a sick red bloom
Every breath feel stolen from another dude’s lungs
Static in my ears, but I hear that roar
Engines growl low like they hunger for war
Names in my pocket that I can’t unfold
Hands still shakin’ from the stories I was told
[Chorus]
I’m a soldier in the trenches in my head (in my head)
Every step feel one slip from the edge
Smoke in my chest, ghosts in my bed
I’m a soldier in the trenches in my head
Can’t mute all the shouting and the dread
So I march, so I march instead
[Verse 2]
Tracks carve scars through the dirt and bone
Whole world tremblin’, I feel it in my throat
Orders on the radio sound like lies
But I run when they say run, I don’t ask why
See my brother go down in a flash of light
Ink on his wrist never finished that line
I press my rage deep under my vest
Pull the strap tight just to hold my chest
[Chorus]
I’m a soldier in the trenches in my head (yeah, yeah)
Every step feel one slip from the edge
Smoke in my chest, ghosts in my bed
I’m a soldier in the trenches in my head
Can’t mute all the shouting and the dread
So I march, so I march instead
[Bridge]
Roar in my veins, I can’t kill the sound
Can’t wash off all this broken ground
Will I ever make it back as who I was?
Or am I just this armor and these scars? (hey!)
[Chorus]
I’m a soldier in the trenches in my head
Every step feel one slip from the edge
Smoke in my chest, ghosts in my bed
I’m a soldier in the trenches in my head
If I break, if I bend, if I fall instead
Still a soldier in the trenches in my head

rap, Aggressive hybrid of trap drums and distorted punk guitars under gritty male vocals. Verses ride a stuttering electro bass with glitchy transitions; chorus explodes with shouted gang vocals and thick 808s. Energy stays high, with a short filtered breakdown before the final hook slams back in., punk, electro