Ink don’t lie
Skin remembers
I grew up learning how to bleed quiet
Knuckles split on alley truth
One hand shaking, one hand steady
Both of them belonged to you
Streetlight hums like a warning sign
Every step says “choose a side”
But I learned young in the dirt and smoke
You don’t live clean, you just survive
They said cut one loose
Leave the other tame
But a tiger chained
Is a tiger dead
Twin tiger tattoo on my skin
Every scar knows where I’ve been
No god carved this into me
I chose the pain that won’t leave
Twin tiger tattoo, burned in truth
Two hearts biting through one youth
If I fall, I fall marked and loud
I die as what I carved out
One wants blood, one wants control
Both still breathing in my chest
I don’t pray, I don’t bargain
I don’t ask which one’s best
Mirror cracked but it tells it straight
Both those eyes are mine to face
I don’t wash the stains away
I wear the nights I couldn’t erase
You call it sin
I call it proof
I’m still here
With both my teeth
Twin tiger tattoo on my skin
Every scar knows where I’ve been
No crown, no cross, no alibi
Just ink that learned how not to die
Twin tiger tattoo, bite and bone
I never ran, I never moaned
If the end comes crashing through
It finds me carved and standing true
Needle hum in my head tonight
Buzzing like an engine stuck on red
Pain ain’t holy, pain ain’t clean
But it taught me how to stand unled
Twin tiger tattoo on my skin
Not a prayer, not forgiven
You see ink, I see proof
Of every night I lived this truth
Twin tiger tattoo — no release
I walk with both, I rest in none
Two beasts breathing under my ribs
Still running when the others’re done
Not chosen by fate
Chosen by me
- Lyricist
Talone
- Composer
Talone
- Producer
Talone
- Programming
THE RUST BORN
Listen to TWIN TIGER TATTOO by THE RUST BORN
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- 1
BACK IN THE GAME
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TWIN TIGER TATTOO
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- 3
TRICK ME TWICE
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- 4
NO ESCAPE PLAN
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- 5
EGOMANIA
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- 6
BROKEN WAGON
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- 7
NAUTICAL STAR
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- 8
NO PORT LEFT
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- 9
THE BITTERS END
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EGOMANIA is the definitive sonic statement of THE RUSTBORN. This seven track EP is a relentless exploration of self obsession and unyielding resilience, stripped of all unnecessary ornamentation. From the explosive opening of BACK IN THE GAME to the desolate silence of THE BITTERS END, the album captures a man burning his bridges and standing amidst the ashes. No overdubs and no synthesizers, just the raw collision of steel, rust, and soul. It is not just an album, it is a monument to the absolute ego.
Artist Profile
THE RUST BORN
THE RUSTBORN is a raw garage rock project defined by its Code of Iron. Adhering to a strict minimalist philosophy consisting of no multi tracking, no electronic sounds, and no outside interference, all tracks are recorded in a single take. With whiskey burned baritone vocals, distorted guitars, and primal rhythms, THE RUSTBORN strips rock and roll down to its jagged core. This is the sound of a man standing alone against the noise of the modern world, proving his existence through a single unfiltered roar.
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