Ash in My Throat

[Verse 1]
Rust on my hands
From the bridges I burned
Teeth full of sand
From the words that I swallowed and never returned
You said “grow up”
I carved it into my skin
Counting the cracks in the ceiling
Waiting for something to give
[Chorus]
I’ve got ash in my throat
From the names that you set on fire
Every promise just turns to smoke
When you dress your blame up as a choir
If this is all that you wrote
I’m tearing out the page
Going higher
I’ve got ash in my throat
But I’m still
I’m still singing through the wire (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Sleep like a stone
Thrown through a window at night
Walk through your home
Every picture is posed like a fight
You call it love
When you’re nailing me to your doubt
I bit my tongue ‘til it bled
Now I’m spitting the poison out
[Chorus]
I’ve got ash in my throat
From the names that you set on fire
Every promise just turns to smoke
When you dress your blame up as a choir
If this is all that you wrote
I’m tearing out the page
Going higher
I’ve got ash in my throat
But I’m still
I’m still singing through the wire (woah)
[Bridge]
You want me broken?
Say it out loud
You built your kingdom
On my back in the ground
I light a match
To the shadow you cast
Watch it collapse
As I breathe for the first time
Last
[Chorus]
I’ve got ash in my throat
From the names that you set on fire
Every promise just turns to smoke
While you hide your hands
Calling it choir
If this is all that you wrote
I’m tearing out the page
Going higher
I’ve got ash in my throat
But I’m still
I’m still singing through the fire (oh yeah)

metal, Aggressive modern metalcore; downtuned chugs and dissonant riffs, blast-beat bursts against halftime stomps. Male vocals shifting from caustic screams to strained melodic hooks in the chorus, with gang shouts on key lines. Guitars stack into a towering wall in the hook, then drop to sparse, palm-muted tension in the verse; final chorus punches harder with double-time drums and extra harmonies.