06 / Cosmic Ignition
Blacken Bright
I took the hit and kept the orbit Felt the dark split at the seam Blood like iron in the silence Teeth like sparks inside a dream Every blow became a planet Every scar became a ring Every breath I dragged from nothing Taught the void to hear me sing I do not fall I bend the night I do not break I blacken bright I do not kneel I do not fade I wear the damage Like a blade Come down heavy Come down hard I have been struck By dying stars Come down burning Come down black I take the thunder And give it back Hit me again Hit me again I have made a home Inside the end Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skin The ground came up The sky went wide I tasted smoke I swallowed light My hands were shaking Not with fear But with the force Of staying here There was a ringing In the bone There was a silence Made of stone There was a mouth Inside the flame That kept repeating My own name I do not fall I bend the night I do not break I blacken bright I do not kneel I do not fade I wear the damage Like a blade Come down heavy Come down hard I have been struck By dying stars Come down burning Come down black I take the thunder And give it back Hit me again Hit me again I have made a home Inside the end Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skin All the pressure All the weight All the fists That shaped my face All the nights I hit the floor And found the dark Had room for more All the blood I would not name All the heat Inside the shame All the teeth All the taste All the salt All the ache Let it come Let it land Let it split The useless hand Let it bruise Let it bite Let it drag me Through the light Let it ring Let it roar Let it throw me Through the floor I have crawled From worse before I have crawled From worse before I do not fall I bend the night I do not break I blacken bright I do not kneel I do not fade I wear the damage Like a blade Come down heavy Come down hard I have been struck By dying stars Come down burning Come down black I take the thunder And give it back Hit me again Hit me again I have made a home Inside the end Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skin There is a red line Through the black There is a pulse That answers back There is a bright wound In the sky There is a thing That will not die There is a body Underneath There is a storm Behind the teeth There is a world Behind the eye Still turning Still turning No clean victory No crown of fire No golden ending Lifted higher Only the impact Only the breath Only the shape That rises left Only the moment Only the sound Of something broken Standing ground Only the heartbeat Only the grin Only the violence Held within Come down heavy Come down hard I have been struck By dying stars Come down burning Come down black I take the thunder And give it back Hit me again Hit me again I have made a home Inside the end Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skin Break my orbit Bend my frame Drag my shadow Through the flame Split my knuckles Salt my tongue Black my vision Fill my lungs Throw the night Across my back Turn the stars To falling glass I will breathe Through every crack I will breathe Through every crack I do not fall I bend the night I do not break I blacken bright I do not kneel I do not fade I wear the damage Like a blade Hit me again Hit me again I have made a home Inside the end Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skin Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skin Hit me again Hit me again I am still here Beneath my skinBack to Now We Ignite