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Atomship
3:28Bite down. Pray harder. Chew the lies they fed you. They taught me to kneel When the beatings began Taught me to fold my hands As they cut my hands Said pain was holy Said silence saves But all I learned Was how to crave Praying with my teeth Chewing on rage Bit the sky 'til my gums split And spit out the cage Praying with my teeth Gnawing the chain If you call this salvation Then bury my name They sold me a heaven Built from debt Told me to thank them For every regret Drowned my sins In gasoline rites Set my soul on fire And called it light Praying with my teeth Chewing on rage Bit the sky 'til my gums split And spit out the cage Praying with my teeth Gnawing the chain If you call this salvation Then bury my name Amen. Said like a curse. Amen. It only makes it worse. Forgive me, father I loved the taste of war Forgive me, mother I love myself more Forgive me? Nah. Forget me. I bled on altars Built from lies I kissed the cross Then gouged out its eyes You kneel for kings I kneel for none If prayer's a battle I already won Praying with my teeth Chewing on rage Bit the sky 'til my gums split And spit out the cage Praying with my teeth Gnawing the chain I ain't your lamb I'm the hunger you can't tame Chew the prayer. Spit the chain. Walk away.