Back Against the Wall

[Verse 1]

Red letters in a crooked stack

Phone rings

Same number that I always dodge

Cold sink

Rinse the panic off with frost

[Pre-Chorus]

Every breath feels borrowed

Every step

Thin ice

Tell me there’s tomorrow

I’m running out of lies

[Chorus]

With my back against the wall

I won’t crawl

Teeth to the rail

Feel the shock in my jaw

If I’m going down

Then I’m dragging these chains

Till they break

Till they break

Till they break in the flames

With my back against the wall

I stand tall

Bloody knuckles on the brick

But I still want it all

Yeah

I’m hanging by a thread

But I won’t fall

Still grinding for a little raise

Friends fade

They can’t handle when the sky turns black

I stayed

With nothing but a chip and a battered back

[Pre-Chorus]

Every door slams harder

Every “no” hits twice

Pressure makes it sharper

The will to stay alive

[Chorus]

With my back against the wall

I won’t crawl

Teeth to the rail

Feel the shock in my jaw

If I’m going down

Then I’m dragging these chains

Till they break

Till they break

Till they break in the flames

With my back against the wall

I stand tall

Bloody knuckles on the brick

But I still want it all

Yeah

I’m hanging by a thread

But I won’t fall

With my back against the wall

[Bridge]

Cut me out

Count me out

(Go on, count me out)

I get louder when they doubt me

Spit me out

Wear me down

(You can’t wear me down)

I get harder when they crowd me

[Chorus]

With my back against the wall

I won’t crawl

Teeth to the rail

Feel the shock in my jaw

If I’m going down

Then I’m dragging these chains

Till they break

Till they break

Till they break in the flames

With my back against the wall

I stand tall

Bloody knuckles on the brick

But I still want it all

Yeah

I’m hanging by a thread

But I won’t fall

With my back against the wall