[Intro]
Bench cold
Keys shine
Knuckles cracked
"This time"
[Verse 1]
Walk in, black boots, chipped floor
Whole squad look carved from war
Heart beat like a kick on four
Every scar that I got, that’s lore
City on my back, that’s plates
Steel spine when it starts to shake
Talk big, but your teeth sound fake
I was built in the fire and the brakes
[Chorus]
Crown of thunder
Let it fall on me
If the sky gonna break
Let it break on me
I don’t duck, don’t run
I was born in the storm
Crown of thunder
I wear the chaos like armor
[Verse 2]
Ink on my hands from the checks I write
Ash on my jeans from the fuse I light
Eyes on the hill and the jaw locked tight
Got rage in the tank and it burns all night
Gold on my neck from the dirt I ate
Ghosts in the rear tryna call my name
Talk to the doubt like "stay in your cage"
I’m the howl in the dark, I’m the crack in the frame
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Hands on the grand, hear the hammer kiss
Every wrong note got a name I miss
Weight on the keys like the weight on my chest
If this is all I get, I still call it blessed
[piano only]
Quiet in the hall, crowd holds breath
One soft chord, then I drag in death
[guitar solo]
[crescendo]
[Chorus]