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Andy Crookshank
Concrete Prayers
Metal
Concrete Prayers was released on December 28, 2025 by 10583388 Records DK as a part of the album Fracture
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AlbumFracture
Release DateDecember 28, 2025
Label10583388 Records DK
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM75

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Andy Crookshank
Andy Crookshank
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Andy Crookshank
Andy Crookshank
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PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Crookshank
Andy Crookshank
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Lyrics

Yeah
I felt the air crack, every heartbeat hijacked
Peace died quick like a flashbang sidetrack
Kids froze stiff, innocence knocked off course
Life flipped violent like it got dragged by force
Fear hit the hallway, heavy as a motherfucker
Teachers stood firm
Didn't run, didn't duck, or stutter
Courage in the chaos, pain sittin' under
Quiet like a storm that's about to snap thunder
Thoughts crack rapid—da-da-da—in a frontline
Hope went silent in a goddamn frontline
Time bent sideways
World in a chokehold
Nothin' made sense, just panic in a workflow
And the silence after terror is a beast with teeth
It camps in your chest where you can't get peace
Trauma ain't rumors—it's a fucking landlord
Moves right in, never asks
Just breaks down doors
Doors were shaking, kids praying, whole scene collapsing
And the ones with the badges just froze—no reacting
Training on paper, but in real life? Lacking
Stood outside while the nightmare kept happening
Radio chatter like they're scared of the action
While a school full of children needed more than distractions
Cowardice disguised as "protocol" and "caution"
But every second stalled felt like another life lost in it
Parents outside screaming, "Do something, goddammit"
But the force stayed planted like they couldn't understand it
A badge ain't bravery
You gotta show up to brand it
And they didn't
And the whole damn country had to hand it to the truth
Those kids were lions in a moment built for men
But the men with the guns never walked through the den
History won't forget how the fear kicked in
How the uniforms paused
While the unarmed fought to live
Concrete prayers
On a campus of cold
Names stay burning
In the stories we're told
We walk through shadows
That never get old
Tryna hold all the weight
That this world dropped on our souls
Concrete prayers
On a campus of cold
Names stay burning
In the stories we're told
We walk through shadows
That never get old
Tryna hold all the weight
That this world dropped on our souls
News vans swarming like a plague of parasites
Trying to monetize pain for their primetime bites
Kids turned militants with megaphones and spite
Turnin' grief into gasoline they carried through the night
"We ain't statistics," they roared through the static
Callin' out leaders who were slow and dramatic
Pain pushed the protests
Rage made it automatic
Every step forward was a middle finger at the tragic
Whole damn country talkin'
But nobody listens
Politicians stall out with the same old bullshit rhythms
Parents clutch photos like the last piece of breath
Askin' why change always moves slow as death
Community broken but the will stayed vicious
Hearts stitched together with scars so conspicuous
They rebuilt from the ashes in a world malicious
Even trauma has roots, and the soil's suspicious
Concrete prayers
On a campus of cold
Names stay burning
In the stories we're told
We walk through shadows
That never get old
Tryna hold all the weight
That this world dropped on our souls
Concrete prayers
On a campus of cold
Names stay burning
In the stories we're told
We walk through shadows
That never get old
Tryna hold all the weight
That this world dropped on our souls
Blackout brain
Heartbeat in a death-race
Memories stalk slow
Creepin' like a headcase
You can bury the moment
But trauma's a thief
It kicks down the door
And don't ask for relief
Whispers in the dark
From the pain you suppress
Ghosts don't fade
They just change address
Years pass, but the air still stinks of the moment
Like the universe left a scar and refuses to own it
Kids grown older, but they still feel stolen
Some patched up, some cracked wide open
The school got rebuilt
But a building don't heal
It's a bandaid slapped
On a wound that's real
Trauma in the soil
Pain in the steel
And the questions keep comin' that nobody can seal
But those voices didn't die
They turned into fire
Callin' out power like a public town crier
Truth got sharp when the lies got higher
And they forced the whole nation
To sit in the mire
No glamor, no glory, no exploit shit
Just a chronicle of pain that refuses to quit
A reminder that change ain't a livestream hit
It's a fight we owe the fallen
And we can't forget
Concrete prayers
On a campus of cold
Names stay burning
In the stories we're told
We walk through shadows
That never get old
Tryna hold all the weight
That this world dropped on our souls
Written by: Andy Crookshank

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