Muzzle

Title: Muzzle Artist: Black Thread Union [Intro] [Verse 1] I kept the room alive by killing every sentence first Pressed my tongue to the back of my teeth And taught the blood how to work There was a strap in the silence There was a lock in the breath I wore my jaw like a splint And called it safety management [Pre-Chorus] Bite down Stay clean No teeth No scene [Chorus] Muzzle Held tongue, split seam I guarded the peace Till the peace turned on me Muzzle Jaw locked, throat lit I swallowed the spark Now I am breathing it [Verse 2] I made a church out of closed lips Made a law out of restraint Kept all the ugly in order Kept all the red off the paint But every word that I buried Found a nerve and built a home Now there’s a mouth in the basement Chewing right through the bone [Pre-Chorus] Bite down Stay clean No teeth No scene [Chorus] Muzzle Held tongue, split seam I guarded the peace Till the peace turned on me Muzzle Jaw locked, throat lit I swallowed the spark Now I am breathing it [Bridge] I was not quiet I was managed I was not patient I was damaged I was not noble I was trained To swallow the rust And call it grace [Build] Call it grace Call it grace Call it grace With blood in my mouth [Riff Break] [Final Chorus] Muzzle Held tongue, split seam I guarded the peace Till the peace turned on me Muzzle Jaw locked, throat lit I swallowed the spark Now I am breathing it Muzzle Bite down, stay clean I killed the words But they keep killing me [Outro] I kept it down I kept it down I kept it—