Outcasts vs Exiles

Lyrics

Verse 1
M
Everybody is out to get me
I can feel it in the fence-line air
They want my name in a bad-mouth mouthpiece
Want my boots off the county square
I keep my chin down, keep moving slow
'Cause I learned what the cold can do
Got scars like roads on my knuckles
And every one of them still comes through

F
They smile like they ain't got teeth
Then they circle when the blood runs warm
One wrong step and the old ghosts wake
And the whole damn room turns storm

Pre-Chorus
We were born where the ash still falls
Where the dogs don't sleep, they hunt
I see the flashbacks cut like glass
And I know what's coming up front

Chorus
Outcasts vs exiles
We don't get to break
Outcasts vs exiles
Every choice is a snake
Outcasts vs exiles
Tell me who survives
Outcasts vs exiles
When the trap stays alive

Verse 2
F
I seen the porch light shake on the wall
When the past came crawling in
A face, a fence, a broken jaw
And the room got thin as skin
I tried to keep my hands at home
But my heartbeat kicked the door
One bad memory, one red line crossed
And I'm dangerous like before

M
Yeah, I been that kid with the burned-out stare
Who could never sit still in the pew
They call me trouble when I say my truth
Like the truth is what they fear to use
If I flinch, they flinch harder
If I roar, they all run fast
I don't want no blood on my conscience
But the past don't know when to pass

Pre-Chorus
We were made from the ash and wire
From the hurt that never quits
I see the flashbacks light my veins
And my hands go cold as grit

Chorus
Outcasts vs exiles
We don't get to break
Outcasts vs exiles
Every choice is a snake
Outcasts vs exiles
Tell me who survives
Outcasts vs exiles
When the trap stays alive

Bridge
Female Singer
Hold me down, don't let me fall
If I go black, call my name
I ain't the monster in the mirror
I'm the wound that learned its way

M
If I step too close, lock that door
If I start to shake, don't cheer
I got thunder locked behind my ribs
And it comes out in fear

Final Chorus
Outcasts vs exiles
We don't get to break
Outcasts vs exiles
Every choice is a snake
Outcasts vs exiles
Tell me who survives
Outcasts vs exiles
We still drag ourselves alive
Outcasts vs exiles
Outcasts vs exiles
Outcasts vs exiles
When the trap stays alive