Grounded Teeth

Lyrics

Intro
Grounded teeth, bite the chain
Grounded teeth, bite the chain
I hear you breathing through the wall
I hear you counting every fault

Verse 1
Skin on the floor
Cold in the jaw
I learned your shape
By the crack in the door
You fed me names
Like sharp little pills
Now they rattle around
When the house goes still
I walk in circles
Under your stare
Clockwork ribs
And a dead-eyed prayer
Something in me
Keeps getting bent
Kept in the dark
Till the dark got sent

Pre-Chorus
Say it again
Say I’m the one
Say it again
Till the pulse comes undone
Hands on the glass
I can feel you lean
I was born in the noise
Now the noise is me

Chorus
Grounded teeth
I don’t break
Grounded teeth
I don’t shake
Pull me under
I come back mean
Grounded teeth
Grounded teeth

Breakdown
Kneel
Split
Hold
Crack
You made this thing
You made this mask
I taste the metal
In every laugh
Say my name
Watch it deform
I’m the calm in the wire
I’m the eye in the storm

Verse 2
Mirror blinks
But it’s not mine
There’s a second mouth
With a second line
It tells me slow
It tells me stay
Then it chews the light
And it throws it away
Your little rules
Your paper scars
I wore them once
Like broken stars
Now I drag my shadow
Through the seams
And it talks in static
Inside my dreams

Pre-Chorus
Say it again
Say I’m the one
Say it again
Till the pulse comes undone
Hands on the glass
I can feel you lean
I was born in the noise
Now the noise is me

Chorus
Grounded teeth
I don’t break
Grounded teeth
I don’t shake
Pull me under
I come back mean
Grounded teeth
Grounded teeth

Verse 3
I saw your faith
In a bent-up frame
A saint with a knife
And a face no face
You kept me fed
On fear and rust
Told me to kneel
Told me to trust
But I grew thorns
In the engine room
Now every step
Is a black-lit boom
If I speak soft
It’s a warning sign
If I speak twice
Then the walls align

Breakdown
Stop
Start
Drop
Hard
Hear that hollow
Hear that bite
I am the bruise
You keep at night
Claw it back
Lock it down
Grounded teeth
Wear the crown

Bridge
Under the skin
There’s a room with no door
A little machine
That wants something more
It learns your fear
It wears your face
Then laughs so low
It erases the trace
Not human
Not gone
Still here
Still wrong
Still here

Final Chorus
Grounded teeth
I don’t break
Grounded teeth
I don’t shake
Pull me under
I come back mean
Grounded teeth
Grounded teeth
Grounded teeth
I don’t break
Grounded teeth
I don’t shake
Say my name
Watch it gleam
Grounded teeth
Grounded teeth

Outro
Grounded teeth, bite the chain
Grounded teeth, bite the chain
The room goes still
But I remain
Grounded teeth
Grounded teeth