[Verse 1] I found my name in the bruises Under the sink and the steam Old taped-up fists in the drawer Still fighting the boy in me Your voice comes back like a photograph Folded and worn at the seams I taste the rust of my childhood It cuts through the smoke in my dreams [Pre-Chorus] I hear the old war drum Banging inside my chest One side wants mercy One side wants blood and rest [Chorus] War inside me War inside me I know your face I know this ache War inside me War inside me I break my own I make my own [Verse 2] I nailed down the door to the past But it keeps coming through cracks Mud on the boots of my memory Dragging the nights on my back There was a lake by the factory Cold as a blade in July We laughed with our teeth full of futures Now I just grit them and bite [Pre-Chorus] The mirror still remembers What I was built to be Half of me is screaming Half of me won’t leave [Chorus] War inside me War inside me I know your face I know this ache War inside me War inside me I break my own I make my own [Bridge] If I fall, I fall on both knees If I rise, I rise with scars I carry the ash of my old hands Right next to the shape of my heart No saint, no savior Just iron and a pulse I bury the child with the blade Then I pull him back from the pulse [Final Chorus] War inside me War inside me I know your face I know this ache War inside me War inside me I break my own I make my own War inside me War inside me I drag that ghost Out of my throat