Running From the Fire

[Intro]
Ash in my lungs
Heat on my back
Red sky above me
Tracks turning black
[Verse 1]
Boot prints burning in the dust (keep running)
Hear that laughter in the crust below
Sulfur on my tongue
Every breath feels rust
Every shadow looks like horns and smoke
Saw a crown lying crooked in the coals
Voice said
"Wear it
You were born for this"
But my hands shook
Skin split at the knoles
I dropped it
Fled that offer like a hiss
[Chorus]
I'm running from the fire
From the hands that pull me under
From the liar in the pyre
Screaming through the thunder
These demons know my name
They drag their claws through every sin I hide
I'm running from the fire
Before it eats me alive
[Verse 2]
Walls made of faces in the stone (still screaming)
Every eye a mirror I don’t trust
Every step I take cuts close to the bone
Hear my better angels choke on dust
He’s whispering shortcuts through the smoke
“Give in
Give up
I’ll kill the pain”
But every deal is written in a joke
Ink made of grief and gasoline
[Chorus]
I'm running from the fire
From the hands that pull me under
From the liar in the pyre
Screaming through the thunder
These demons know my name
They drag their claws through every sin I hide
I'm running from the fire
Before it eats me alive
[Bridge]
Brimstone river
Rising fast
Do I drown here
Or outlast?
Lucifer’s laughter
In my ear (so near)
But I keep tearing through the fear
I keep tearing through the fear
[Chorus]
I'm running from the fire
From the hands that pull me under
From the liar in the pyre
Screaming through the thunder
These demons know my name
But they won’t carve it in that slag tonight
I’m running from the fire
I’d rather bleed than wear his light
[Outro]
Ash in my lungs
Heat on my back
Hell at my heels
I don’t look back

rock, Dark hard rock with male vocals; dropped-tuned guitars in a grinding mid-tempo groove, bass glued to a pounding kick. Verses stay tight and tense with palm-muted chugs and echoing snare, chorus explodes with wide power chords and gang shouts on the hook. Brief feedback squeal and tom build into a final, screaming outro. Vocals gritty and desperate, with layered growls on key phrases., hard rock