Lyrics

[Verse]
I feel it crack like stepping stones
A scaffold shaking through my bones
A silent map of where I've been
A crooked spine holds me within

[Verse 2]
Stacked like towers tall and thin
Each piece cages what’s within
A puzzle bent but still complete
Each vertebra digs into defeat

[Chorus]
Twist and turn like life's ballet
Bones that bend but never sway
They whisper songs of what I’ve seen
My vertebrae
My time machine

[Verse 3]
They carry weight of years unkind
Sharp reminders of the grind
Yet they refuse to ever break
Guarding dreams I still partake

[Bridge]
Splinters sing in quiet hums
Like melodies of where I’m from
They rise in rhythm - break
Refrain
A crooked chorus
Sweet with pain

[Verse 4]
A ladder pressed against the flame
Each rung a step
A different name
Pulling me higher
Through the gray
My vertebrae don’t drift away