Forsaken

[Verse 1]
Ash on my face
Dripping red on my hands
Every breath tastes like rust
Crawling through this broken land
Skulls in the sand
Empty eyes that still stare back
Every step sinks deeper
In the cracks of this attack
[Chorus]
(FORSAKEN!)
Ash on my face
Blood in my hands
I stand and shake
Smoke in my lungs from this forsaken land
I am the curse I cannot break
(FORSAKEN!)
Living in hell
Awake in the fire
My worst nightmare is my life
My life
(FORSAKEN!)
I tear my throat on the wire
But the chains still bite
[Verse 2]
Teeth in the dark
Every shadow wants a taste
Hope nailed to a cross of steel
Burned down
Buried in this place
Prayers turn to dust
Every word just feeds the flame
Carved your lies into my back
Branded me with your shame
[Chorus]
(FORSAKEN!)
Ash on my face
Blood in my hands
I stand and shake
Smoke in my lungs from this forsaken land
I am the curse I cannot break
(FORSAKEN!)
Living in hell
Awake in the fire
My worst nightmare is my life
My life
(FORSAKEN!)
I tear my throat on the wire
But the chains still bite
[Bridge]
[Breakdown riff drops
Drums in half-time]
Skulls in a circle
Call out my name
Every scar spelling out your blame
If this is mercy
Let it end
If this is love
Let it rend
[Scream]
(FORSAKEN!)
Let it rend
[Chorus]
(FORSAKEN!)
Ash on my face
Blood in my hands
I stand and shake
Smoke in my lungs from this forsaken land
I am the curse I cannot break
(FORSAKEN!)
Living in hell
Awake in the fire
My worst nightmare is my life
My life
(FORSAKEN!)
I tear my throat on the wire
But the chains still bite

rock, Crushing modern metalcore with down-tuned guitars, double-kick bursts, and screamed male vocals riding over a wall of distortion; verses stay tight and riff-driven, chorus opens into a brutal half-time stomp with gang shouts on the hook, bridge drops to a chugging breakdown with dissonant leads and a final unhinged scream to close, metal, hard rock