[Intro]
[whispered vocals]
Yeah
Jaw locked
Heart loud
[Verse 1]
Teeth on edge
Bite down on the words I should’ve said
You look bored
Scrollin’ through the wreckage of my head
You say “talk”
But you flinch every time that I get real
So I choke
Turn the volume down on how I feel
Kicked my chair
Every time I tried to take a stand
You need air
But I’m drowning just to hold your hand
Every “it’s fine”
Leaves a scratch along my throat
Got a storm
But you only ever asked for smoke
[Chorus]
Swallow my tongue
’til the poison hits my lungs
Hold it all in
’til my heartbeat comes undone
You don’t want truth
You just wanna hear you’ve won
So I bite, bite, bite
Swallow my tongue
[Verse 2]
You want calm
You don’t wanna see my tidal waves
Want my love
But you label every boundary as “behave”
You say “chill”
When I’m finally tryna raise the dead
All these ghosts
Wrote your name inside my chest in red
I go numb
Every time you call my rage “too much”
Call me cold
But you shiver when I ask for trust
Twist my words
Make my history a hostage too
If it hurts
You just act like I’m insulting you
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
If I scream in a room full of people
Would you just turn the speaker down
If I bled every doubt on the table
Would you wipe it up, say it’s “too loud”
[spoken]
So I clamp my jaw
Taste iron, taste love
All that talk about “us”
But you only feed off my hush
[crescendo]
I’ve been breakin’ my teeth just to be your peace
I’ve been burying grief where you’ll never see
If my silence is all that you’re livin’ from
Then my last gift to you is
[Chorus]