[Intro]
Ash on my tongue
Blood in my teeth
Names of my ghosts
Carved underneath
[Verse 1]
Every mirror shows a stranger
Every prayer just tastes like rust
Got a contract on the table
Signed in habit
Fear
And lust
Hear the laughing in the rafters
Feel the claws behind my eyes
If I’m nothing but my damage
Why am I still choosing sides?
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been dragged through every grave I dug
Still I’m reaching up
Reaching up
[Chorus]
I’m fighting for my soul
While the world sets fire to the sky
Cut the devil from my throat
Hear him scream
Hear him die
When the smoke rolls back
From the bones of all my hate
I’ll be shaking hands with God
At heaven’s gate
[Verse 2]
Woke up with a circle on me
Salt and ash around my bed
Every doubt became a dagger
Every whisper turned to lead
But I’m burning all his letters
Every lie he ever sold
If my scars can turn to armor
Then my heart can turn to gold
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been dragged through every grave I dug
Still I’m reaching up
Reaching up
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I see him
On a mountain made of bodies that we fed him
All the anger
Every secret that we bled him
Hear him choking on the crown he stole
[screamed]
I’m done being fuel for the furnace
Done letting fear write the verdict
Every sinner
Every saint
Stand up
This is our war
And we’re worth it
[crescendo]
I tear his shadow from my shadow
Drive his teeth into the stone
Lift my eyes and hear a thunder
Saying
“You were never fighting alone”
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Hands scarred
But clean
Heart loud
But straight
Devil’s dust on my boots
And God at the gate