Roughshod

**Intro**  
*(Fuzzy, distorted guitar riff kicks in low and mean, drums hit with a sloppy crash – think 4-8 bars of building noise)*

*(Spoken/snarled over the chaos, close to the mic)*  
This one’s for the nights you don’t come home…  
For the promises you stomp into the ground…  
Yeah… let’s go.  

*(Band slams in full volume – straight into Verse 1)*

**[Verse 1]**  
I woke up with gravel in my mouth again  
Boots still laced from the night before  
Streetlights flickering like they’re giving in  
I kick the door and hit the floor *(yeah!)*  
No apologies, no second glance  
I tear through the quiet like a broken amp  
Feedback screaming in my head *(screaming!)*  
Every step a spark, every heartbeat red  

**[Pre-Chorus]**  
You said slow down, you said be kind *(be kind…)*  
I heard the words but left them behind *(bye-bye!)*  

**[Chorus]**  
I’m running roughshod over everything *(everything!)*  
Crushing petals, kicking up the dirt *(kick it!)*  
Hearts in the rearview, watch ’em spin  
I don’t feel better, but I don’t feel worse *(nah…)*  
Roughshod, roughshod *(come on!)*  
Through the soft parts of the world  
Roughshod, roughshod  
Yeah, I’m that kind of girl *(that girl, yeah!)*  

**[Verse 2]**  
Your voicemail’s piling up like unpaid bills  
I let it ring, I let it rot *(rot!)*  
I smash the mirrors just to feel the thrill  
Of seeing pieces where there once was not *(shatter!)*  
I told you I was gentle once  
That was a lie I told for fun *(ha!)*  
Now the truth is in the scuffs and scars  
On every sidewalk, every bar *(every bar…)*  

**[Pre-Chorus]**  
You said come back, you said stay clean *(stay clean…)*  
I laughed too loud and split the scene *(gone!)*  

**[Chorus]**  
I’m running roughshod over everything *(everything!)*  
Crushing petals, kicking up the dirt *(kick it!)*  
Hearts in the rearview, watch ’em spin  
I don’t feel better, but I don’t feel worse *(whatever…)*  
Roughshod, roughshod *(louder!)*  
Through the soft parts of the world  
Roughshod, roughshod  
Yeah, I’m that kind of girl *(that girl!)*  

**[Bridge]**  
One day the soles will wear straight through *(through…)*  
And I’ll be standing barefoot in the mess I grew *(my mess!)*  
Maybe then I’ll whisper sorry to the ground *(sorry… not sorry)*  
But tonight the volume’s up, I like the sound *(turn it up!)*  

**[Final Chorus]**  
Still running roughshod over everything *(everything!)*  
The echoes follow, they don’t desert *(never!)*  
I see your face in every crack I leave  
It almost hurts, but it doesn’t hurt *(not tonight!)*  
Roughshod, roughshod  
Till there’s nothing left to break *(break it!)*  
Roughshod, roughshod  
For my own damn sake *(yeah, yeah, yeah!)*  

**[Outro]**  
Boots still laced, gravel in my mouth *(spit it out…)*  
Streetlights out, heading south  
Roughshod… roughshod… *(roughshod!)*  
*(fading screams and feedback)*

Grunge, Pop, Alternative Rock, Riot Grrrl, 90S-Inspired, Fuzzy Guitar-Driven, Raw Vocal, Distorted, Angsty, Melodic Emo