Rust on the Halo

Teeth on the gravel

Blood in my grin

Prayed to the gravel

It answered with skin

Bite down on anger

Grind through the doubt

Every old mercy

Is rotting out

Rust on the halo

Bent wings drag in the dirt

I’m not your saint

I’m just learning to hurt

Carved in the cradle

These scars never stay small

Rust on the halo

Still too sharp to fall (hey!)

Hands like a furnace

Heart like a nail

I keep on crawling

Through my own trail

You want redemption?

I want the truth

All of my heroes

Are missing a tooth

Rust on the halo

Bent wings drag in the dirt

I’m not your saint

I’m just learning to hurt

Carved in the cradle

These scars never stay small

Rust on the halo

Still too sharp to fall

I won’t kneel

I won’t crack

If I break

I break back (back!)

Spit out fear

Taste that flame

Say my shame

Say my name

Rust on the halo

Bent wings drag in the dirt

I’m not your saint

I’m just learning to hurt

Carved in the cradle

These scars write on the wall

Rust on the halo

But I still stand tall