Ashes in My Teeth

[Verse 1]
Cut my hands
On the crown you built
Paper throne
Dressed up in guilt
Every promise
Tastes like rust
You preached love
But fed me dust
[Chorus]
I’ve got ashes in my teeth
From all the bridges that you burned for me
Spitting out your prophecy
I won’t choke
I won’t kneel
I won’t bleed
Ashes in my teeth
I wear the scars like broken
Jagged wreaths
You threw me down
I found my feet
Now you drown in all the smoke you breathe
[Verse 2]
You drew lines
Right through my name
Lit the match
Then walked away
All your lies
Carved in stone
But the cracks
Are all your own
[Chorus]
I’ve got ashes in my teeth
From all the bridges that you burned for me
Spitting out your prophecy
I won’t choke
I won’t kneel
I won’t bleed
Ashes in my teeth
I wear the scars like broken
Jagged wreaths
You threw me down
I found my feet
Now you drown in all the smoke you breathe
[Bridge]
Tear the mask
From your hollow face (hey!)
Hear the crowd
Chant your disgrace
You built this cage
Around my heart
I bent the bars
Then ripped it apart
[Chorus]
I’ve got ashes in my teeth
From all the bridges that you burned for me
Spitting out your prophecy
I won’t choke
I won’t kneel
I won’t bleed
Ashes in my teeth
I wear the scars like broken
Jagged wreaths
You threw me down
I found my feet
Now you drown in all the smoke you breathe

metal, Aggressive mid-tempo metal; tight, palm-muted guitars in drop tuning, punchy double-kick drums, male vocals that jump from raw shouts in the verses to a shouted gang-vocal hook in the chorus; tom-heavy fills push into a half-time crushing bridge, bass glued to guitars for a thick wall of sound