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Headfirst | First Line Defense

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Cover of one of my favourite songs created by Martin Galway 🙏🕹️🖤 ------------------------------------------------------ [Intro With Clean Guitar, Light Drums] [Verse 1] The hallway paint flakes onto my shoes (ah) Drywall dust settles into my tongue (ah) My forehead blooms in a quiet bruise (ah) I taste the iron, but I don’t turn (ah) [Pre-Chorus] Blueprints taped to a cracked white door (hey) Red lines circling what I can’t afford (hey) Knuckles whitening on splintered wood (hey) If it won’t open, I’ll make it (hey) [Chorus] I go headfirst through the wall tonight (whoa) Concrete stars in a shower of white (whoa) Teeth grit tight in the flashing light (whoa) If it won’t move, I’ll break it (break it) Dust in my lungs, but I call it air (whoa) Blood on the frame like a signature there (whoa) Every room past this one is a prayer (whoa) If it won’t bend, I’ll break it (break it) [Break] [Verse 2] The landlord laughs through a paper-thin wall (ah) My mother’s voice in the kitchen light (ah) “Some doors are locked for a reason,” she calls (ah) I press my ear, but I choose the fight (ah) [Bridge] Splinters sleep underneath my skin (oh) Each little shard hums, “Try again” (oh) The mirror shakes in a crooked frame (oh) I see the crack before I see my name (oh) [Chorus] I go headfirst through the wall tonight (whoa) Concrete stars in a shower of white (whoa) Teeth grit tight in the flashing light (whoa) If it won’t move, I’ll break it (break it) Dust in my lungs, but I call it air (whoa) Blood on the frame like a signature there (whoa) Every room past this one is a prayer (whoa) If it won’t bend, I’ll break it (break it) [Outro] Forehead cool on the broken stone (ah) Empty space where the door should’ve grown (ah) Wind through studs in a hollow tone (ah) Still I lean in and take it (take it)