[Verse 1]
White coats
Cold chair
You say “fight”
But it’s not fair
It steals her hair
Then steals her name
Leaves us holding
Bottles
Blame
[Pre-Chorus]
You call it a battle
Like there’s some damn prize
All I see is empty beds
And hollow eyes
[Chorus]
Fuck cancer
You parasite
All you do is chew through light
Tear our hearts out
Piece by piece
If you can’t kill
You never cease
Fuck cancer
Say it loud
You take our love and drag it down
[Verse 2]
Half-smiled
Bruised vein
He jokes
Says
“It’s just pain”
You burn his body
Spare his breath
Make him watch
Everyone else
Dread the next test
Sleep in their shoes
You don’t just kill
You rot the news
[Pre-Chorus]
You call it a journey
Like it’s some clean road
All I smell is chemicals
And heavy oaths
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You don’t get a metaphor
You’re just rot
Just gore
You don’t make us stronger
You just take more
And more
And more
[whispered vocals]
Name by name
Face by face
You leave teeth marks
In our place
[crescendo]
We are the ones you failed to break
Scars like flags that you can’t take
Every breath you couldn’t choke
Every name you couldn’t smoke
[Chorus]