[Verse 1]
Quiet room
Teeth in my tongue
I fold my hands
Til the shaking’s done
Bite down hard
On the words I taste
Every heartbeat
Hammering the cage in my chest
[Pre-Chorus]
I draw lines on the walls
Say "you stay on that side"
But your claws drag through paint
Straight into my spine
[Chorus]
I built a cage made of my own ribs
Locked you down deep where the light never lives
Whispered "be still"
While you rattled my bones
I keep losing this war
To the wolf I own
To the wolf I own (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Sleep in armor
Boots by the bed
Dreams run red
With the things you’ve said
Your hunger howls
Through my careful grin
Every apology
Is just a ripped-out stitch
[Pre-Chorus]
My hands shake when I pray
But you answer instead
You say "let me out once"
And it roars in my head
[Chorus]
I built a cage made of my own ribs
Locked you down deep where the light never lives
Whispered "be still"
While you rattled my bones
I keep losing this war
To the wolf I own
[Bridge]
[Breakdown kicks in
Tempo drops
Guitars slam to half-time chugs]
Chain marks
All over my heart
Every good intention
Coming apart (tear it apart)
You’re laughing in the dark
I’m cracking at the seams
I feel your fingers on my face
Ripping through my teeth
[Breakdown]
Let it out
Let it out
(I can’t hold you down)
Let it out
Let it out
Hear the tendons sound
Bars bend
Lungs burn
Eye whites blacken
You step through my skin
And you never look back
[Chorus]
I tore the cage out of my own ribs
Let you run wild where the light never lives
Now every word’s a wound
Every breath is a growl
You were always the truth
I was only the mouth
[Outro]
You wear my face
Like a dead man’s mask
I’m a voice in the attic
You nailed shut fast
If anyone asks
Who swallowed the key
Tell them the beast broke free
And it’s calling itself me