[Verse 1] There's iron in the back of my throat Before I say the thing I can't take back My hands know what my mind's pretending not to That cold familiar taste of no return [Pre-Chorus] The body doesn't lie It writes the truth in copper on my tongue It's always known before I do What this is going to cost [Chorus] I step off anyway Into the nothing that I chose The metallic taste of daring Is how alive feels Right before it shows [Verse 2] There's lightning in the way the air goes still The second after words land where they land I've swallowed down this sharpness before It always means I'm standing at the edge [Pre-Chorus] The body doesn't lie It writes the truth in copper on my tongue But this time when I taste it Something underneath it Feels like [Chorus] I step off anyway Into the nothing that I chose The metallic taste of daring Is how alive feels Right before it shows [Bridge] Was it brave or was it reckless Does the difference even hold When you're already in the falling And there's nothing left to hold [Final Chorus] I step off anyway Into the nothing that I chose The metallic taste of daring Is how alive feels And now the whole world knows
