Teeth in the Black

[Verse 1] Bite marks On the inside of my mind Chewed-through prayers Rust on every line Teeth grind On the words I never said Every promise is a tourniquet Wrapped around my neck [Pre-Chorus] I trace the fractures in my chest Like constellations I forget Is there a dawn behind this door Or just a deeper Darker floor [Chorus] I put my teeth in the black and I tear my way out Rip through the static of doubt Of doubt I am the fracture that never will break like before Crawling Then standing Then running through the open door I put my teeth in the black and I tear my way out [Verse 2] Cold hands On the lever of collapse Every heartbeat Stutters like a trap I screamed Till the silence learned my name Wore my failures like a collar Like a chain Like a chain (yeah) [Pre-Chorus] But in the quiet There you are A fragile echo in the dark A single thread in all this ash Pull it once and I come back [Chorus] I put my teeth in the black and I tear my way out Rip through the static of doubt Of doubt I am the fracture that never will break like before Crawling Then standing Then running through the open door I put my teeth in the black and I tear [Bridge] [Finger-tapped guitar lead circles over shifting accents Everything drops to just vocal and distant chords] I am not the worst I’ve been I am not that night again Breathing is a quiet win Breathing is a quiet win [Sudden full-band hit] From the ruins of my shame I rise (rise) Every scar spelling out survives If the darkness wants its throne back It can choke on all this light [Chorus] I put my teeth in the black and I tear my way out Rip through the static of doubt Of doubt I am the fracture that never will break like before Crawling Then standing Then running through the open door I put my teeth in the black and I tear my way out I put my teeth in the black and I’m not staying down