In The Dust

[Verse 1]
Bite down hard
On a bloodstained tongue
Every “I’m fine”
Like a loaded gun
Burned-out house
In the back of my head
I sleep in the ashes
You call it “just in your head”
[Chorus]
I’m leaving the old life
In the dust
In the dirt
In the grave (hey!)
Through the worst nightmares
I can see better days on the way
I suffer in silence
And you don’t even care what it takes
I’m leaving the old life
In the dust
In the dust as it breaks
[Verse 2]
Cold blank stare
You walk right past
My cracked glass smile
Shattered at last
You say “grow up”
While I’m barely here
I drown in the quiet
You don’t even hear
[Chorus]
I’m leaving the old life
In the dust
In the dirt
In the grave
Through the worst nightmares
I can see better days on the way
I suffer in silence
And you don’t even care what it takes
I’m leaving the old life
In the dust
In the dust as it breaks
[Bridge]
[whispered
Then building to screams]
You never saw
The scars under my sleeves
You never heard
The cracking in my teeth
I tore my heart
From your rusted chains
Walked through hell
Just to feel this change
[screamed]
IN THE DUST!
IN THE DUST!
I BURY YOUR NAME IN THE DUST! (yeah!)
[Chorus]
I’m leaving the old life
In the dust
In the dirt
In the grave
Through the worst nightmares
I can see better days on the way
I suffer in silence
And you don’t even care what it takes
I’m leaving the old life
In the dust
In the dust as it breaks
[Outro]
[screamed]
IN THE DUST!
IN THE DUST!
I’M GONE
I’M GONE—
JUST DUST

rock, Aggressive nu-metal / heavy rock: low-tuned guitars, grinding riffs and palm mutes, staggered half-time groove that explodes to double-time in choruses. Male vocals that jump between tense whispers, melodic hooks, and guttural screams; gang shouts on key lines. Bass snarls under a punchy kick and tight snare, with a short, dissonant guitar lead in the bridge and a final all-out wall of sound., metal, nu metal