TRUTH IN MY TEETH by Infernal Witch (Schattenwerk Remix)

Tribute to Infernal Witch. You wanted my silence... but the truth is standing tall. Schattenwerk. I kept my head down kept my mouth clean kept saying yes like that meant I was good I learned to smile with a split lip learned to nod when the room lied learned to carry everybody while I swallowed what i wanted inside Always polite, always useful always the guy they could lean on But every favor I handed out came back with the same damn greed on And I watched the crooked ones rise with their hands in the air I stayed honest, stayed kind and they said, "Life's not fair" I'm done being nice done being small Truth in my teeth I won't bend for y'all I'm done being nice done taking the fall Truth in my teeth I'll burn through it all My family said, "Tone it down" when I named the lies in the room Friends said, "Why you gotta go there?" like truth was some kind of insult to Every table was transactional every hug had a hidden hook Everybody wanted my yes but nobody wanted the cost it took So I watched my own mouth turn cold watched my patience crack When they called me difficult I started calling it back I'm done being nice done being small Truth in my teeth I won't bend for y'all I'm done being nice done taking the fall Truth in my teeth I'll burn through it all I stopped laughing at the fake shit stopped clapping for the hollow parade Started naming every cheap stunt every mask that the hungry wore like a trade They hated me when I pointed at the emperor's empty chest But the ones who'd been sleeping started waking up when I wouldn't rest Now the same ones looking past me keep their eyes on the floor The liar with the polished grin don't walk so proud anymore I see the fame-hungry, the needy the self-crowned kings of the fraud I cut through their hollow costumes and they hate me for it Uh-huh There it is The truth they can't swallow You want my softness but you built this hollow You want my silence you want me trained I said what I said and I'm not ashamed what are you gonna do about it? come on, bring it on. that's what i thought, spineless cowards. I ain't cruel for sport I just got tired of the game Tired of being the good man while the bad ones built their name So I sharpened every sentence made my spine into steel If they want a fake saint, they can go find one that'll kneel Now I stand like a warning and I talk like a blade Funny how respect shows up when the weak won't get played I became what they feared and found the self I denied Not a saint, not a puppet just a man with his truth on the side I don't owe you my comfort I don't owe you my calm I gave too much of my body to hands that did me harm If you want the real me better come without the act 'Cause the man you tried to bury came back meaner than that I'm not done being nice but i'm done being small Truth in my teeth I won't bend for y'all I'm not done being nice but done taking the fall Truth in my teeth I'll burn through it all I used to bow to the room now the room feels my name i don't fear judgment i look at the mirror I found my own damn face through the smoke and the shame I'm not your good little answer I'm the crack in the wall Truth in my teeth and I'm standing tall Schattenwerk.