Copper Tongue

[Verse 1] The chain on the door keeps talking cheap brass rattling, never stopping room 12 smells like bleach and pennies and something standing just off-mic, deadly Ice machine coughing in the hallway one thin bulb humming overhead I left the TV on for company now it only shows me back instead [Pre-Chorus] And every room I walk into feels like a lock changing shape I can hear my own skin buzzing like a wire under tape [Chorus] This wound it's a mouth with a copper tongue This wound beats like a rusted-out drum This wound you can bury it deep in gold but it calls out my name it calls out my name [Verse 2] Church basement, folding chairs, sweating a man in a tie selling shame by the ounce I learned how to smile with my teeth out learned how to disappear in a crowd TV glow on a kitchen table momma crying into the sink dad called it discipline, called it mercy called it love with a fist in its sleeve [Pre-Chorus] And every room I walk into feels like a lock changing shape I can hear my own skin buzzing like a wire under tape [Chorus] This wound it's a mouth with a copper tongue This wound beats like a rusted-out drum This wound you can bury it deep in gold but it calls out my name it calls out my name [Bridge] I spit out the sermon I peel back the chrome there’s a ruin in the mirror and it’s making a home If the whole machine wants blood let it choke on mine I’m not your saint, not your son I’m the crack in the line [Final Chorus] This wound it's a mouth with a copper tongue This wound beats like a rusted-out drum This wound you can bury it deep in gold but it calls out my name it calls out my name [Outro] call me damaged call me cleansed I keep the scar I keep the edge