Still end up in the grave

[Verse 1]
Boots on the broken stage
Cable hiss
Heartbeat rage
I taste rust on my teeth
All these years beneath my feet
Still burning

Fist full of shattered strings
Old scars
Diamond rings
Every scar a little fuse
Every loss another bruise
Still learning

[Chorus]
Turn the iron into afterglow
Scream the truth in every note I throw
I was born in the fire
Now I'm carving through the smoke
Yeah
I bend but I never choke

Turn the iron into afterglow
Let it rise from the undertow
All this weight on my shoulders
Feels lighter when I roar
When I roar

[Verse 2]
Ash in my tangled hair
Swear I felt you there
In that crowd of stranger eyes
Your ghost singing every line
Right through me

I walk that narrow wire
Between surrender and desire
If I fall
I fall in flames
At least they'll remember my name
So sue me

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[low vocal register
Band drops to acoustic]
Bare-knuckle heart
Laid on the table
I shake
I shake
But I stay stable

You said I'm too loud
Too proud to be saved
But quiet men
Still end up in the grave

[guitar solo
Full band crashes back in]

[Chorus]