[Intro]
Footsteps on wet stone
Street signs half-gone
Sirens that never sound
[low vocal register] "Turn back" on a broken wall
[Verse 1]
Cross the border line
Fog climbs over my throat
Houses leaning like they’re listening
Windows full of staring smoke
Church bell swings in silence
Rope frayed like an open vein
Shadows chewing on the steeple
Something calling out my name
[Chorus]
No way out of the fogbound town
Where the sky folds in and the gods look down
Every prayer here rots in their mouths
No way in
No way out
[Verse 2]
Alleys stuffed with missing faces
Names carved deep in rusted doors
Bloody handprints pointing inward
Drag marks down across the floor
I hear claws across the pavement
Hear their hunger in the drain
Every echo getting closer
Every heartbeat tastes like shame
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] They said it was a different place
[screamed] It’s the same hell
Just a different face
Streetlights drip in molten halos
Roads bend back
A tightening chain
Every turn returns me deeper
No horizon
Only stain
They hunt slow
They savor panic
Teeth in corners
Teeth in prayer
Torn-up signs that all say “Welcome”
Rotting in the poisoned air
[crescendo]
I see children made of ashes
Mouthing words they cannot shout
I see me among their shadows
Already dragged inside
Picked apart by doubt
[Chorus]