Thorns I Chose

[Verse 1]
Every blade
Has my fingerprint
Blood-red script
That I half-meant
I built this cage
Bar by bar
Carved my name
In every scar (yeah)
[Chorus]
I am the thorn that I chose
Pulling tight on my own black roses
Every wound is a door I closed
I drink the hurt
Just to stay frozen
Self-inflicted torment
In my veins
I kiss the pain
I keep the chains
[Verse 2]
Soft black dress
Over bruised faith
Lipstick prayers
Smear on my face
Tell me why
I beg the knife
Like it's the only
Proof of life
[Chorus]
I am the thorn that I chose
Pulling tight on my own black roses
Every wound is a door I closed
I drink the hurt
Just to stay frozen
Self-inflicted torment
In my veins
I kiss the pain
I keep the chains
[Bridge]
Did I love the darkness
Or did it love me first?
I trace halos
In the dirt (oh)
If I walk from this altar
Of hurt that I adore
Who am I
Without the war?
[Chorus]
I am the thorn that I chose
Pulling tight on my own black roses
Every wound is a door I closed
I drink the hurt
Just to stay frozen
Self-inflicted torment
In my veins
I kiss the pain
I keep the chains

metal, Modern deathcore meets melodic death metal with female vocals: downtuned tremolo riffs, syncopated breakdowns, and double-kick barrages. Verses sit in a tight, dissonant pocket with screamed leads and ghostly clean backing; chorus blooms into soaring melodic lines over harmonized guitars and choir pads. Final breakdown drops to half-time, guttural lows layered with distant reverb-drenched highs for maximum catharsis., melodic death metal, death metal