Through Hell, Kathy

[Verse 1]
Clock in
Pale lights
Name tags on
You patched the cracks when my soul was gone
Blood on our shoes
Alarms in our heads
You laughed it off
Said
“We’re not dead yet”
[Chorus]
Happy birthday
Kathy
Queen of the scars
We survived the fire
We out-screamed the dark
Raised on caffeine
Sorrow
And charts
You stitched my spirit
You stapled my heart
Happy birthday
Kathy
Still standing tall
We walked through hell
You carried us all
[Verse 2]
You held the line when the night went black
Zipped up the fear
Never turned your back
Cussed at the clock
Wiped your eyes
Moved on
You were the calm when all hope was gone (hey!)
[Chorus]
Happy birthday
Kathy
Queen of the scars
We survived the fire
We out-screamed the dark
Raised on caffeine
Sorrow
And charts
You stitched my spirit
You stapled my heart
Happy birthday
Kathy
Still standing tall
We walked through hell
You carried us all
[Bridge]
Here’s to the jokes in the breakroom graveyard
Here’s to the days that carved us hard
If the flames come back
We won’t bow down
I’ve got your back
Like you had mine
[Chorus]
Happy birthday
Kathy
Queen of the scars
We survived the fire
We out-screamed the dark
Raised on caffeine
Sorrow
And charts
You stitched my spirit
You stapled my heart
Happy birthday
Kathy
Still standing tall
We walked through hell
You carried us all (Kathy!)
We walked through hell
You carried us all

metal, High-energy melodic metal, mid-tempo stomp that erupts into a soaring halftime chorus. Crunchy dual guitars with palm-muted verses, big open power chords on the hook, gang-shouted backing vocals, and a ripping, emotional lead break between chorus repeats. Male vocals, half-clean half-gritty, with gravelly ad-libs on key punchlines.