Ash in My Teeth

Wake up wired

Tongue tastes rust

Sleep like a fist

Full of dust

Claw at the mirror

Glass won’t give

Who am I fighting

To let me live?

Every promise

Bent like steel

Every silence

Bites for real

I’ve got ash in my teeth

From the bridges I keep burning (burning)

Screaming out in the smoke

But the world just keeps on turning (turning)

If this is all I ever am

A cracked heart

Still learning

I’ve got ash in my teeth

From the bridges I keep burning

Hands still shaking

Ink-stained veins

Write my history

In razor chains

Laugh in the dark

So I don’t drown

Build my throne

From broken ground

Every memory

Carved in stone

Every shadow

Calls me home

I’ve got ash in my teeth

From the bridges I keep burning (burning)

Screaming out in the smoke

But the world just keeps on turning (turning)

If this is all I ever am

A cracked heart

Still learning

I’ve got ash in my teeth

From the bridges I keep burning

Rip out the roots

Let the rot fall free

If I’m born again

Will you bury me?

Stare down the sky

Dare it to break

If pain is the price

It’s the one I’ll take (hey!)

I’ve got ash in my teeth

From the bridges I keep burning (burning)

Screaming out in the smoke

But the world just keeps on turning (turning)

If this is all I ever am

A cracked heart

Still learning

I’ve got ash in my teeth

From the bridges I keep burning