Honest Wounds

Intro - spoken over heavy drums

You don't gotta stay

Just walk away if you want

But don't make up lies

Be honest with yourself

Verse 1 - rapped, deep female delivery

Been staring at the ceiling counting cracks in the plaster

You said forever felt like plaster

Now your words are swords and I'm the master

Of pretending that the silence doesn't matter

Throat tight chest cold

Stories that you told

Fold into the shadows where the truth goes

You don't owe me nothing but the truth though

Pre-Chorus - sung, building tension

Say it to my face

Don't sugarcoat the taste

I can take the weight

Just don't fake the way you feel

Chorus - screamed, female metal vocals, double bass drums pounding

Rip me open with the words you choose

Kill me slow with what you say

I'd rather bleed than lose

The chance to hear the truth today

So walk away walk away

But don't you dare look back and lie

I'd rather hear the knife than hear goodbye

Verse 2 - rapped, hardcore hip hop flow over heavy riff

You paint your half-truths like a canvas

I see the gray behind the bandage

Say you're fine but your eyes ran red

Empty promises inside your head

I don't need your sympathy or pity

Leave the fake love in the city

Just the honest ugly gritty

Tell me now before I lose my sanity

Pre-Chorus - sung

Say it to my face

Don't sugarcoat the taste

I can take the weight

Just don't fake the way you feel

Chorus - screamed, full band crashing

Rip me open with the words you choose

Kill me slow with what you say

I'd rather bleed than lose

The chance to hear the truth today

So walk away walk away

But don't you dare look back and lie

I'd rather hear the knife than hear goodbye

Bridge - clean vocals, sparse drums, heavy bass

And if the truth burns

Let it burn us both alive

I'd rather choke on honesty

Than breathe another lie

You can walk you can run

But don't you rewrite the sun

Just be real with me

One time for once before you're done

Breakdown - guttural, double bass, gang vocals

Truth or silence!

Truth or silence!

Pick one

Chorus - half-time, crushing heaviness

Rip me open with the words you choose

Kill me slow with what you say

I'd rather bleed than lose

The chance to hear the truth today

So walk away walk away

But don't you dare look back and lie

I'd rather hear the knife than hear goodbye

Outro - whispered female vocal over fading bass

Just walk away if you want

But don't make up lies