RECOVERY LOG 176
FRAGMENT 1628
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I bit down hard on the bottle Mouth full of smoke and salt They left it on my tongue like a sentence Like I was built to fall Hands shook on the edge of the table Heart like a kicked-in door I took what tried to take me under And asked for a little more Now it burns Then it warms What broke me down Got a new form Swallowing the poison Converting it to power Swallowing the poison Hour after hour What tried to kill me Feeds me now Swallowing the poison Spitting thunder out I wore that shame like a chain shirt Cold on my chest at night Every lie they fed me grew sharp teeth Till I learned how to bite I know the taste of the gutter The sting of a dirty glass But I turned every rotten second Into something that lasts Now it burns Then it warms What broke me down Got a new form Swallowing the poison Converting it to power Swallowing the poison Hour after hour What tried to kill me Feeds me now Swallowing the poison Spitting thunder out I was a match in a rainstorm Still I lit up the dark I made a home out of pressure Made a blade out of scars Swallowing the poison Converting it to power Swallowing the poison Hour after hour What tried to kill me Feeds me now Swallowing the poison Spitting thunder out (Spitting thunder out) (Spitting thunder out)