Clash in the Shadows

Streetlights flicker, a spotlight on the chaos,

Echoes of footsteps where the night’s never payin' us.

Metal hugs palms, whispers mean survival,

In the shadows of the block, nerves dance like a spiral.

Clash in the shadows, heavy is the metal tone,

Heartbeat drums, rhythm got my mind blown.

Smoke hugs the air, silhouettes in the fray,

Every night’s a gamble in a life we can't delay.

Adrenaline thumps, blood sings a ballad,

Trigger tension thick, souls grow calloused.

Shots paint the walls, murals in the dark,

Another chapter scrawled in the book with no lark.

Clash in the shadows, heavy is the metal tone,

Heartbeat drums, rhythm got my mind blown.

Smoke hugs the air, silhouettes in the fray,

Every night’s a gamble in a life we can't delay.

Empty shells drop, like coins in the gutter,

Words unspeakable, the night starts to stutter.

Enemies or brothers? Collide in the melee,

What’s the cost to survive when it’s all so cliche?

Glint of steel moons through the cobalt haze,

Steps quicksand slow, trapped in these ways.

Concrete bruises under boots' tempo's sway,

See the rising sun, but we won't see the day.