Split Jaw

Words like sparks in gasoline
Every sentence sharp and mean
Teeth clenched tight against the strain
Violence humming in the brain

Silence never held the line
Pressure crawling through the spine
Every warning left ignored
Every insult kept and stored

Split jaw
Nothing left to say
Cracked words
Thrown into the fray
Split jaw
Truth without disguise
No peace
Only open lines

Eyes locked cold across the room
Something darker starts to bloom
Every breath becomes a blade
Every promise starts to fade

Lines drawn deep across the floor
No retreat behind the door
All the anger held inside
Finally refuses to hide

Split jaw
Nothing left to say
Cracked words
Thrown into the fray
Split jaw
Truth without disguise
No peace
Only open lines

Static rising in the chest
Every nerve put to the test
Nothing left to mediate
Everything arrives too late

Voices cutting through the air
Truth is never something fair
All the tension left to grow
Now there's nowhere else to go

Let it break
Let it show
Let the pressure overflow

Split jaw
Nothing left to say
Cracked words
Thrown into the fray
Split jaw
Truth without disguise
No peace
Only open lines