Splintered Tongues (Nordic Discord Challenge)

------------------------------- Nordic Discord Challenge Genre: Grunge Theme: Roots & Routes ------------------------------ [Intro] [Verse 1] Crumbling bread, fake laughs crack Your father’s sneer, your sister’s attack You smiled too wide I clenched my jaw (growl) Same damn play (stop) same fatal flaw [Verse 2] You let them spit, you let them jeer Caught your cold glance — you weren't near Side with ghosts, leave me alone At a table built of stone [Chorus] ROOT of the PROBLEM — ROTTEN from the TONGUE! Words like SPLINTERS — WE SWALLOWED YOUNG! ROOT of the PROBLEM — BLEEDING from the GUMS! SPLINTERED — TONGUES — WHERE WE COME UNDONE! [Verse 3] Your voice a blade at every toast — Your silence louder than their ghosts — You feed the flame, you light the pyre — You vanish fast, you stoke the fire — [Pre-Chorus] It's not just dinner (hiss) It's not just wine (explode) It’s every look WE CROSS — LIKE MINES! [Chorus] ROOT of the PROBLEM — ROTTEN from the TONGUE! Words like SPLINTERS — WE SWALLOWED YOUNG! ROOT of the PROBLEM — BLEEDING from the GUMS! SPLINTERED — TONGUES — WHERE WE COME UNDONE! [Bridge] Maybe it started long ago... Maybe we just forgot to know... HOW to SPEAK! HOW to HEAR! WITHOUT — CHOKING — ON — FEAR! [BREAKDOWN] Splintered! TONGUES! Splintered! TONGUES! Splintered! Tongues... [Final Chorus] ROOT of the PROBLEM — BURIED IN OUR LUNGS! HEAVY SILENCE — STITCHED TO OUR TONGUES! ROOT of the PROBLEM — NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME! SPLINTERED! — TONGUES! WE TASTE THE SHAME! [Outro] Splintered... tongues... Splintered... tongues...