Rust In My Veins

Lyrics

Verse 1
I woke with a scar on my tongue
Your name still tastes like a gun
That old room calls my bones by name
But I burned that map in the flame

I know the shape of that lie
How it laughs when I’m half-alive
I’ve buried days in the mud
I’m clawing back through the blood

Pre-Chorus
Don’t let me turn around
Don’t let me slip back down
I’ve come too far to crawl
I’m not that ghost at all

Chorus
Not back, not back
I’m not going back
(keep fighting)
Not back, not back
I’m not going back
(stay alive)
One more step, one more night
I will fight, I will fight
Not back, not back
I’m not going back

Verse 2
I’ve seen the bottles like teeth
Seen the old hunger in me
It says, “Just one, just this time”
Then it steals the pulse from my spine

But I’ve got names I must keep
Faces I carry to sleep
Every hard-earned scar is proof
I can break clean through

Pre-Chorus
Don’t let me turn around
Don’t let me slip back down
I’ve come too far to crawl
I’m not that ghost at all

Chorus
Not back, not back
I’m not going back
(keep fighting)
Not back, not back
I’m not going back
(stay alive)
One more step, one more night
I will fight, I will fight
Not back, not back
I’m not going back

Bridge
If I shake, I shake
If I bleed, I bleed
I still choose this road
I still choose me

Let the old world roar
Let it call my name
I’m a wreck with a will
I’m a flame in rain

Final Chorus
Not back, not back
I’m not going back
(keep fighting)
Not back, not back
I’m not going back
(stay alive)
One more step, one more night
I will fight, I will fight
Not back, not back
I’m not going back