[Intro]
[deep, distant vox]
I was once told
I was done for
Now they carve my name
In the cold floor
[Verse 1 - Male]
Hulk Hogan heart in a stone shell
Gold belt dreams in a motel
Blood on the Bible in the drawer, still
Grin in the mirror like, "You know the drill"
Spaceman drift with a cracked suit
Oxygen low, but the facts mute
They said "lay low" but the masks shoot
So I stand tall, turn the pain into black fuel
Wild horses
In my rib cage, kickin' at the door
Feel 'em all course through my veins
They just beg for a war
Stronger version of the worst of me
Cut the leash, now the curse is free
I was once told I'd die in the dirt
Never again, now the dirt serve me
[Chorus - Duo]
I was once told (once told)
"Stay down, stay small"
Never again
I break stone, break walls
I'm a fighter in the fallout
Sin in my grin, let the dark out
You can hear that voice in the back of your head
That's me, that's me
I was once told
Never again
[Verse 2 - Female]
Yeah
Fucked up halo, hangs by a thread
Lipstick smeared like the thoughts in my head
Walk through the fire in my Sunday dress
Every burn-line read like an address
Send me the smoke, I inhale all of it
Turn it to ghosts that I call to collect
You play saint while you crawl for respect
I break chains while they fall from my neck
Wild horses
On my tongue, I spit 'em in your face
Every rumor that you ever wrote
Now I wear it like lace
They said, "Girl, you too much, too loud"
I said, "Good" as I cut through the crowd (cut through)
Stronger version, I'm the worst news, best view
Sinister smile in the rescue
[Pre-Chorus - Female]
Hulk Hogan pose in a black dress
Flex scars like a necklace
If fear got a throne in your chest
I'm the hand that evicts that guest (hey!)
[Chorus - Duo]
I was once told (once told)
"Stay down, stay small"
Never again
I break stone, break walls
I'm a fighter in the fallout
Sin in my grin, let the dark out
You can hear that voice in the back of your head
That's me, that's me
I was once told
Never again
[Bridge - Duo]
[beat drops to bass and whispers]
Male:
Spaceman lost in the dead zone
Talking to the stars on a cracked phone
They replied, "You were built for the black"
Now I wear every scar like a badge on my back
Female:
Wild horses running in my throat
Every word crash hard like a gunboat
You prayed for a savior in the cold rain
You got two black wings and a code name
Both:
Never again
We don't bend, we don't beg, we don't break for them
Never again
We write "revenge" in the wet cement
[Chorus - Duo]
I was once told (once told)
"Stay down, stay small"
Never again
I break stone, break walls
I'm a fighter in the fallout
Sin in my grin, let the dark out (dark out)
You can hear that voice in the back of your head
That's me, that's me
I was once told
Never again (never again)
[Outro]
[distorted vocal echoes]
Never again
Never again
Stone hearts
In the lion's den