Heaven In The Trenches

[Verse 1]
Boots slip on the blood and rain
Dog tags stuck to my skin
Every scar spelling out your name
Breathing you back in
Stitched up with a shaking hand
Shrapnel in my side
Still stand
Hear you in the static night
Telling me “hold the line”
[Chorus]
I won’t lay down
I won’t back out
You’re my shield when I’m bleeding out
Yeah I’m torn
Yeah I’m cracked and bruised
But your love pulls me through
Eyes above this broken ground
When I fall
You don’t let me drown
I’m a soldier
Shot clean through
And your love pulls me through (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Bandage black with another day
Ribs scream every time I move
Every step like a ricochet
Still I drag these boots
Empty helmet in my hands
Talk to you like you still stand
Swear I feel your fingers lace
Warm across my face
[Chorus]
I won’t lay down
I won’t back out
You’re my shield when I’m bleeding out
Yeah I’m torn
Yeah I’m cracked and bruised
But your love pulls me through
Eyes above this broken ground
When I fall
You don’t let me drown
I’m a soldier
Shot clean through
And your love pulls me through
[Bridge]
Teeth full of dirt
Heart full of fire (oh yeah)
Every hit hurts
But it lifts me higher
If this is hell
Then you’re my proof
That somewhere past the smoke
I run to you
[Chorus]
I won’t lay down
I won’t back out
You’re my shield when I’m bleeding out
Yeah I’m torn
Yeah I’m cracked and bruised
But your love pulls me through
Eyes above this broken ground
When I fall
You don’t let me drown
I’m a soldier
Shot clean through
And your love pulls me through
Your love pulls me through
Your love pulls me through

rock, Hybrid hardcore: slammed half-time drums and sawtooth bass under ragged punk guitars, tempo around 175 then drop to crushing breakdown. Male vocals, verses in a low, gritty snarl, choruses jump to a raw melodic shout with stacked gang-vocal doubles. Fuzzy indie lead line bleeds through the edges; bridge strips to bass, floor toms, and a single feedback note before final full-band explosion., metal, punk