Stave The Demons Out

[Intro]
[low growl]
They claw at the ribs
Teeth in my veins
I taste their hunger
I bare my fangs
[Verse 1]
They wake when I weaken
Lick the salt from my skin
Every doubt
Every whisper
Is an opening in
They circle my heartbeat
Like vultures that sing
But I'm carving new runes
In the walls of this thing
[Chorus]
I will stave the demons out of me
Rip their thrones from my anatomy
Every scar a gate they’ll never see
I will stave the demons out of me
[Verse 2]
They speak in my voice
In a pitch I resent
Twisting every memory
Till the truth feels bent
So I sharpen my breathing
Into barbed-wire prayers
Fill my lungs with iron
Till they choke on the air
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[half-time]
Spit their poison back
Let it burn their tongues
Let them choke on ash
On the name I’ve become
I am not your cradle
I am not your grave
I am teeth
I am tendon
I am will you can’t enslave
[Chorus]

metal, Modern female-fronted death metal: drop-tuned guitars with trem-picked riffs and pinch harmonics, grinding bass, blistering double-kicks, and sharp snare cracks. Verses in deep gutturals and mid screams over tight, chugging rhythms; chorus opens with higher-register snarls, gang shouts, and a dissonant lead melody. Brief half-time breakdown and feedback-drenched ending keep the energy vicious on stage., death metal