Rust in My Teeth

Cracked mirror in the bathroom

Names carved in the stall

Red X on my own face

Yeah

I did that myself

Dragged claws through the drywall

White dust in my lungs

Every promise tastes like iron

Every morning feels undone

I got rust in my teeth

From all the words I never spit out

Burned my tongue on belief

Tried to scream

Only ashes came out

If this is all that I keep

Then let the chains wrap tighter around

I got rust in my teeth

And I’m still biting down (biting down)

Footprints on the ceiling

Guess I walked on my head

Turned the bedroom to a war zone

Just to feel something again

Stain on the kitchen counter

Shaped almost like a cross

Funny how the holy symbols

Show up most when you feel lost

I got rust in my teeth

From all the truths I twisted to fit

Burned my tongue on belief

Swallowed glass just to say I could quit

If this is all that I keep

Then let the weight drag me through the ground

I got rust in my teeth

And I’m still biting down (still biting down)

Who am I

When the mask grows skin?

When the lie

Starts breathing in?

Scratch my name

In the inside of my skull

If I’m gone

Make the echo full (hey!)

I got rust in my teeth

Every doubt is a metal crown

Burned my tongue on belief

Still I choke every time I back down

If this is all that I keep

Let the curse be the only sound

I got rust in my teeth

And I’m still

Biting down