Ash in My Throat

[Verse 1]
Woke up with rust in my lungs
Bite down, taste blood on my tongue
Clock screams, same war, rerun
Another day in the shadow of the smokestack sun
Cold hands on a cracked screen glow
Scroll scars that I don't wanna show
Cheap thrills in a dead-end show
Every "like" just carving out a deeper hole (yeah)
[Chorus]
I got ash in my throat
From the bridges I burn when I choke
I keep clawing this cage
Till the steel starts to bend, till it breaks
Turn the pain into sound
Let the howl shake the walls to the ground
If this world wants my hope
It can pry it from ash in my throat (woah)
[Verse 2]
Chain-link halo, concrete crown
I'm the king of the letdowns now
Laugh loud but I'm tuned out
Got a riot in my ribs tryna climb out
You say "calm", I hear "cage"
You say "grow", I hear "behave"
I'm done living half-awake
I'm a fault line begging for the big quake (hey!)
[Chorus]
I got ash in my throat
From the bridges I burn when I choke
I keep clawing this cage
Till the steel starts to bend, till it breaks
Turn the pain into sound
Let the howl shake the walls to the ground
If this world wants my hope
It can pry it from ash in my throat
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to distant drums and low drone]
I am not your quiet
I am not your calm
I am every bitter truth
Tattooed on my palms
Turn my fear to a war cry
Turn my doubt to a torch light
If I go down in this fight
I'll go down set alight (set alight)
[Chorus]
I got ash in my throat
From the bridges I burn when I choke
I keep clawing this cage
Till the steel starts to bend, till it breaks
Turn the pain into sound
Let the howl shake the walls to the ground
If this world wants my hope
It can pry it from ash in my throat (yeah)
From the ash in my throat

rap, Rap-rock/metalcore hybrid; half-time stomp with distorted 808 under a snarling downtuned riff. Verses ride tight syncopated drums and crunch guitar chugs; hook explodes with screamed gang vocals and soaring post-hardcore top line over wide, noisy synth textures. Sudden drop for the bridge with filtered vocal, then all-in final chorus. Male vocals, alternating rapid-fire rap and harsh screams with melodic grit., post-hardcore, metalcore, hard rock, industrial metal, rap rock, metal