Christy Knows

[Verse 1] We grew up in the same damn hall Bruised knuckles, cracked paint, broken wall Christy smiled with a sharpened stare Left a dent in the secondhand chair Every Sunday, every grade school fight Same front yard under the porch light You took my pride, I took yours too Blood on the sleeves of a hand-me-down blue [Pre-Chorus] Step by step, we never slowed down Same last name, same blackout town One more shove, one more scar You made us into what we are [Chorus] Christy knows, Christy knows We were born to throw these blows Christy knows, Christy knows We don’t break, we just reload (Christy knows) We bite back hard We leave our marks [Verse 2] You stole my seat and I stole your grin Then we both came swinging again Kitchen timer, slammed shut door Pounding fists on the linoleum floor Mama yelled from the other room “Stop that racket, stop that doom” But you and I, we never learned How to heal before the bridges burned [Pre-Chorus] Step by step, we never slowed down Same last name, same blackout town One more shove, one more scar You made us into what we are [Chorus] Christy knows, Christy knows We were born to throw these blows Christy knows, Christy knows We don’t break, we just reload (Christy knows) We bite back hard We leave our marks [Bridge] Now the years sit heavy in the chest Still feel your shadow in the test I don’t know if we called it love But we were forged from the same rough glove [Breakdown] Christy! Say my name! Christy! We never changed! [Final Chorus] Christy knows, Christy knows We were born to throw these blows Christy knows, Christy knows We don’t break, we just reload (Christy knows) We bite back hard We leave our marks Christy knows, Christy knows Yeah, we both survived the war