Halo in the Breakdown

[Verse 1]
Woke up with ashes
Stuck to my tongue
Feathers in footstep prints
Where the faithful used to run
You said I’m chosen
But left me in smoke
Praying through split knuckles
On a floor of broken oaths
[Pre-Chorus]
Are you watching when I fracture?
Do you hear me when I curse your name? (hey!)
If I’m made in your own image
Why do I only recognize the pain?
[Chorus]
I am the halo in the breakdown
Glowing in the pit of my doubt
Screaming at the sky till it rains down
(Tear me open, tear me open)
If there’s a heaven in this fallout
Carve it in the scars on my mouth
I’ll be the choir in the comedown
Singing
“Save me
Or just burn me out”
[Verse 2]
You stitched these wings on
With rusted pins
Said I should rise higher
But you’re weighting every limb
I tried to be gentle
I tried to be pure
Now I’m a saint of shrapnel
With a faith I can’t afford
[Pre-Chorus]
Are you counting every fracture?
Does it thrill you when I misbehave? (oh yeah)
If your mercy is a hammer
Why am I still begging for the cage?
[Chorus]
I am the halo in the breakdown
Glowing in the pit of my doubt
Screaming at the sky till it rains down
(Tear me open, tear me open)
If there’s a heaven in this fallout
Carve it in the scars on my mouth
I’ll be the choir in the comedown
Singing
“Save me
Or just burn me out”
[Bridge]
Angel on my shoulder
Fingers round my throat
Whispers
“Be my soldier
Or be the one I choke”
So I bite back
Bloody
Spit you from my lungs
If I’m falling
I’ll be falling
Like a fired gun (hey!)
[Chorus]
I am the halo in the breakdown
Glowing in the pit of my doubt
Screaming at the sky till it rains down
(Tear me open, tear me open)
If there’s a heaven in this fallout
Carve it in the scars on my mouth
I’ll be the choir in the comedown
Singing
“Save me” as I’m burning out

metal, Melodic angel metal with male vocals. Downtuned, chug-heavy guitars in drop tuning, palm-muted verses that explode into open soaring chords. Double-kick surges under screamed pre-chorus, then a huge melodic hook with layered harmonies in the chorus. Brief ambient reverb swells under a half-time bridge before a final full-speed reprise.