Sharpen Your Fangs

[Intro] [impressive drums beat] [Verse 1] Crawling in the gutters Like a stray with burning eyes Kicked at in the alleys Every boot a thin disguise They laugh when they pass you Spit your name into the ground But that mark burned on your shoulder Keeps on screaming Keeps on loud [Pre-Chorus] They chase you down the dead ends Point and turn away But something in your heartbeat Snaps and starts to say— [Chorus] Sharpen your fangs (sharpen your fangs!) [backing] Only one weapon left in this cage Sharpen your fangs (sharpen your fangs!) Turn all that torment into rage They carved their curse into your skin But they can’t own the animal within Sharpen your fangs (sharpen your fangs!) Sharpen your fangs [Verse 2] Breath white in the midnight Claws slip on broken glass Every siren like a promise They’re still coming Closing fast You remember every smirk Every hand that held you down Now your shadow stands up taller As the hunters circle round [Pre-Chorus] They drive you to the corner Laugh like it’s a game But something in your spine Rises up and flames— [melodic Interlude] [Bridge] [low vocal register] Branded like a warning Pushed into the mud You licked your wounds in silence Now you’re tasting blood [call-and-response backing] You were crawling (crawling, crawling) They were jeering (cheering, cheering) Now you’re rising (rising, rising) And they’re fearing— [crescendo] You bare your teeth at the verdict Rip their judgment from your face Every scar a loaded answer As you corner them in place [Chorus]