Adversity

Lyrics

Intro
Ssshh...
I woke in the crack
With a chain in my chest
And a name in the dark
(Adversity)

Verse 1
Cold hand on the latch
I heard it breathe my name
Black threads in the walls
Try to pull me back in
I count my scars like cash
Then burn it at the gate
Every little curse
Turns into a blade
I don't flinch
I lean in
I taste the fear
And grin
They built me from the ruin
Now the ruin wants in
(Adversity)

Pre-Chorus
Close the door
Hear it scrape
Lock the mind
Break the shape
I was cut
I was chained
Now I move through the pain

Chorus
Adversity
I wear adversity
Adversity
It can't swallow me
Adversity
Say it, say it to me
Adversity
I wear adversity
(Adversity)

Verse 2
Mirror got a pulse
When I pass it by
Every secret there
Has a mouth and eye
I talk in code
With the beast in my ribs
It said "keep going"
So I gave it my fist
Steel in the throat
And smoke in the brain
Hands like a prayer
But the prayer is stained
They want a ghost
I give them a storm
I walk through the bite
Still carrying form
(Adversity)

Pre-Chorus
Close the door
Hear it scrape
Lock the mind
Break the shape
I was cut
I was chained
Now I move through the pain

Chorus
Adversity
I wear adversity
Adversity
It can't swallow me
Adversity
Say it, say it to me
Adversity
I wear adversity
(Adversity)

Bridge
Breakdown
Talk to me
Machine voice
Hollow teeth
Same choice
Hurt me once
Hurt me twice
I came back
Cold as ice
No plea
No sleep
Just the pulse
And the leak
If I fall
I rise mean
From the ash
In between

Verse 3
Now the floor shakes
When I step through
Every broken thing
Learns what I do
I fed the fear
Till it lost its taste
Spit out the dark
Back in its face
If you hear me low
That's the split in me
One part rage
One part disease
But I turn that weight
Into iron and flame
Say my name wrong
I still remain
(Adversity)

Breakdown
Adversity
Adversity
I don't kneel
I don't fold
Adversity
Adversity
My blood says no
My bones say hold

Chorus
Adversity
I wear adversity
Adversity
It can't swallow me
Adversity
Say it, say it to me
Adversity
I wear adversity
(Adversity)

Outro
Ssshh...
Still here
Still hard
Still mine
Adversity