Knuckles Up
Pop-rock anthem with driving four-on-the-floor drums, chunky electric guitar stabs, and a big singalong chorus; verses stay lean and tense, pre-chorus opens with rising toms and stacked harmonies, chorus hits with gang vocals and a shouted anchor phrase. Lead vocal is close-mic and gritty, with doubled lines on the hook, delay throws on the last word, and a bright punchy mix with crowd claps, reverse cymbal swells, and a final lift into the last chorus.
Knuckles Up
Pop-rock anthem with driving four-on-the-floor drums, chunky electric guitar stabs, and a big singalong chorus; verses stay lean and tense, pre-chorus opens with rising toms and stacked harmonies, chorus hits with gang vocals and a shouted anchor phrase. Lead vocal is close-mic and gritty, with doubled lines on the hook, delay throws on the last word, and a bright punchy mix with crowd claps, reverse cymbal swells, and a final lift into the last chorus.
Lyrics
Verse 1
I learned to bleed in silence
With my back against the wall
Every bruise wrote answers
I was too proud to call
Small town scars on my knuckles
Old dirt under my nails
I kept a fire in my pocket
When the cold one never fails
Pre-Chorus
Say it again
I’m still here
Hit me hard
I don’t disappear
Chorus
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
Still standing up
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
You can’t take enough
I bend, I break, I rise again
I want more than just enough
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
Yeah, I’m built from tough
Verse 2
You saw the cracks, not the caving
You saw the storm, not the shore
I kept my name in my teeth
When they locked another door
Yeah, I’ve been counted out before
Left in the dust and heat
But I got iron in my heartbeat
And a drum in every beat
Pre-Chorus
Say it again
I’m still here
Hit me hard
I don’t disappear
Chorus
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
Still standing up
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
You can’t take enough
I bend, I break, I rise again
I want more than just enough
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
Yeah, I’m built from tough
Bridge
Let the ground shake
Let it come down
I’ve been in the dark
I know my way out
One more breath
One more round
Watch me turn this hurt around
Final Chorus
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
Still standing up
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
You can’t take enough
I bend, I break, I rise again
I want more than just enough
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
Yeah, I’m built from tough
I’m a fighter, fighter (fighter, fighter)
And I never run