Gravel in My Teeth
metal, Downtuned sludge-metal crawl, mid-tempo churn at ~85 BPM. Guitars tuned absurdly low through blown-out fuzz, bass a grinding wall under primal, roomy drums. Male vocals: growled verses, shouted hook with gang backups. Chorus opens into a wider, more anthemic drone-chord feel; bridge hits a halftime collapse with feedback and pick scrapes before a final lurching chorus.
Gravel in My Teeth
metal, Downtuned sludge-metal crawl, mid-tempo churn at ~85 BPM. Guitars tuned absurdly low through blown-out fuzz, bass a grinding wall under primal, roomy drums. Male vocals: growled verses, shouted hook with gang backups. Chorus opens into a wider, more anthemic drone-chord feel; bridge hits a halftime collapse with feedback and pick scrapes before a final lurching chorus.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Boot prints
In the oil-black mud
Rust smoke
Crawling in my lungs
Jaw tight
Grinding through the flood
Of old wires
Hanging from my tongue
Chorus
I got gravel in my teeth
Spitting out the rot I breathe (hey!)
Every step a dragging chain
Every word a stain
Pull me deeper in the pit
Let the weight just slowly sit
If it hurts
I know I’m here
Gravel in my teeth this year
Verse 2
Hands shake
From the poison rain
Thick film
On a busted brain
Watch hope
Slip under the wheel
Slow spin
On a rusted steel
Chorus
I got gravel in my teeth
Spitting out the rot I breathe (oh yeah)
Every step a dragging chain
Every word a stain
Pull me deeper in the pit
Let the weight just slowly sit
If it hurts
I know I’m here
Gravel in my teeth this year
Bridge
[Guitars lurch to half-speed
Feedback howls]
Chew the dust
Swallow the blame
Wear the filth
Forget my name
Chorus
I got gravel in my teeth
Spitting out the rot I breathe
Every step a dragging chain
Every word a stain
Pull me deeper in the pit
Let the weight just slowly sit
If it hurts
I know I’m here
Gravel in my teeth
Gravel in my teeth
This year