[Verse 1]
Throat full of gravel
Ink on my hands
Another blank page
Staring me down again
You want soft words
Folded and neat
But I tear that script
With my teeth
[Chorus]
I’m not writing no love letters
That’s not my voice
That’s not my skin
If I bleed
It’s on these frets and splinters
Turn it up
Let the truth crash in
I’m not writing no love letters
I spit rust
I shout
I shake
If you want sugar
Find some other singer
I’m the crack in the stage
Not your heartbreak fake
[Verse 2]
You say “sing sweet”
I laugh in your face
I got calloused chords
And a past I don’t erase
Every scar I’ve got
Rings through this room
If you want a bow
You’ll get a boom
[Chorus]
I’m not writing no love letters
That’s not my voice
That’s not my skin
If I bleed
It’s on these frets and splinters
Turn it up
Let the truth crash in
I’m not writing no love letters
I won’t dress my rage in lace
If you want pretty
Turn the channel
Darling
I’m the crack in the stage
Not your heartbreak face
[Bridge]
This is my throat
Raw and real (yeah)
This is my note
Bent steel
You hear a threat
I hear a vow
I won’t change my tongue
To fit you now
[Chorus]
I’m not writing no love letters
That’s not my voice
That’s not my skin
If I drown
It’s in this noise forever
Every shout my next of kin
I’m not writing no love letters
Carve my name in busted amps instead
If you want roses pressed between your pages
Pick a poet
I’ll be busy
Shaking the shed