Smashed Teeth on The Ledge

Yeahhh
I hear my own pulse - louder than the street tonight
Blood pressure thumpin' like a war drum fight
Knuckles still cracked from a punch last week
Chipped tooth cuttin' my tongue every time I speak
Sweat on the wheel smell sharp and mean
Like fear crawlin' back into routine
Road roll slow but the direction got memory
And that memory stare like it already read me
Redlines flashin' - mind on the edge
Heart beat climb like it's walkin' a ledge
Breath run thin - thoughts cut like a wedge
If I break right now - I break forever, no hedge
Neck tight, jaw sore, bruise deep in the bone
That hit from last week still rings in the tone
Blood taste copper when I grit my teeth
And the chipped one slice when the thoughts go steep
Been awake too long - eyes burn at the edge
Hands trembling slow like they slip off a ledge
If I blink once, every instinct pledge
To drag me back out from the mental dredge
Sweat on my shirt smell stale and cold
Like steel and dirt from the nights I patrolled
Breath feel heavy but the soul feel old
Can't outrun ghosts I never told
Windows shake when the bassline hum
Pulse in my thumb beat a hostile drum
I'm here, but half of me stay numb
Mind in a cage it can't crawl from
Yeahhh
One breath calm, next breath quake
Hard to tell which ghosts are fake
Redlines flashin' - mind on the edge
Heart beat climb like it's walkin' a ledge
Breath run thin - thoughts cut like a wedge
If I break right now - I break forever, no hedge
I see movement in shadows where no one walk
Hear voices inside that I never talk
Streetlamp flicker like it stalk
And the dark press in like a prison block
Knuckles bruised purple from a hit I gave
Pain in my wrist ride a different wave
Scars on my chest like maps I save
Pullin' me back to the things I crave
The smell of sweat mixed with gasoline
Float in the cab like a violent dream
Breath fog up but the night too clean
Like the world itself tryin' not to be seen
Sometimes I think I'm drivin' through me
Potholes feel like autopsy
Every mile a memory
Every turn a prophecy
Should've healed by now
But the shakes disagree
Tap the wheel once
Feel the pulse twice
Street hum roll like a set of dice
Blood pressure rise
Vision slice
Saw myself in the rearview - cold, precise
Redlines flashin' - mind on the edge
Heart beat climb like it's walkin' a ledge
Breath run thin - thoughts cut like a wedge
If I break right now - I break forever, no hedge
Pulse heavy from the passenger side
Like a secret buried under pride
Sweat on the hands tell a different ride
Where fear sits close and refuses to hide
Breath gets jagged when the memories bite
Tension in the wheel when you steer too tight
Road look cursed by another night
Shadow on your face when you lose your sight
Knuckles throb steady with every turn
Old wounds flare like they never learn
Heartbeat spike till your insides burn
War in the breath you churn
You ain't alone in the places you roam
But the battle inside you still call you home
Sometimes I think I'm two men deep
One wide awake, one half asleep
One hold steady, one cuts steep
One plays shepherd, one plays sheep
But both feel tired - bones too weak
Yeahhh
Redlines fade - direction blur
But the heartbeat stays loud as ever
If the road remember me
Am I still here?
Or just a shadow drivin' someone else's fear?