Callouses

[percussive intro] Verse 1: Crawling through the labyrinth, shadows on the wall Echoes of my heartbeat, a distant, muffled call Hands and knees on broken glass, a journey through the night Proximal phalangeal callouses, a testament to the fight Chorus: Proximal phalangeal callouses Developing from crawling through this race Proximal phalangeal callouses On hands and knees with no disgrace Verse 2: Fingertips trace the lines of a map that’s torn and frayed Searching for the answers in the paths that I have strayed Callouses like armor, shielding from the pain But in the quiet moments, I feel the sting again Chorus: Proximal phalangeal callouses Developing from crawling through this race Proximal phalangeal callouses On hands and knees with no disgrace Bridge: The fingertips hold callouses too They obfuscate my feeling of you But they are so weathered as I pick the flesh Experimenting if the fingerprints come back true Verse 3: In the mirror’s reflection, a face I barely know Lines etched by the journey, scars that softly glow Crawling through the memories, the past a heavy chain Proximal phalangeal callouses, reminders of the strain Chorus: Proximal phalangeal callouses Developing from crawling through this race Proximal phalangeal callouses On hands and knees with no disgrace Outro: Crawling through the darkness, searching for the light Callouses on my fingers, a testament to the fight In the end, the journey’s worth the pain and the scars Proximal phalangeal callouses, a map of who we are