[Intro]
Black smoke
On my halo
Yeah, I walk through ash
Like it’s straight gold
[Verse 1]
Heavy boots
On a cracked stained floor
Bad luck lipstick
On a locked church door
I’ve been chewing on rage
Like it’s bubblegum
Spit black teeth
If they want some
I’m the wrong kind of saint
In a leather frame
Got a tongue like a blade
Carving out my name
Every scar on my wrist
Is a barcode, love
Scan that
Still not owned enough
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, do you feel brave
When you dim my flame?
I’ve been burning in the cage
Now I’m bending bars
Hear the metal scream
When I pull it apart
[Chorus]
Black smoke, black smoke
Rise when I breathe out
Turn my hurt into a war cry shout
I’m a ghost in your chokehold, letting it go
You can’t kill what you don’t control
Black smoke, black smoke
Crown on my head
Walk through the fire like I’m already dead
If the sky wants war
I’ll paint it in coal
Black smoke halo
Over my soul
[Verse 2]
I’ve been kissed by the pitch
Of the deepest pit
Got a spine made of thorns
And I still won’t quit
You can chain my hands
To your altar rail
But my heartbeat drums
Like a blackmail tale
I’m the sermon they banned
From the Sunday set
Every line that I spit
Got their collars wet
I’m the hush in the hall
When the truth walks in
[low vocal register] I’m the sin
That forgives my sins
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, do you see God
When I bare my teeth?
Little lambs go quiet
When the wolf runs free
Hear the church bells shake
When I curse my fate
Then I flip that page
And I write my name
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[growled ad-lib] Let it rise
Let it rise, let it rise from the cracks in me
All the shame, all the blame, all the gasoline
Light a match to the mask that they said I need
Watch it curl, watch it curl, watch it curl and bleed
[whispered vocals]
Ash on my lashes
Char on my throat
Still I float
Still I float
[growled vocals]
You want pure?
I’m the dark they pray for
You want cure?
I’m the scar they stay for
You want more?
I’m the storm at your door
On the fourth, fifth, sixth knock—
Floor.
[Chorus]