Split Second

There's a crack beneath the surface

I can feel it spreading thin

Something scratching at the silence

Something begging to get in

I can taste it in the tension

Feel the pressure start to swell

One spark inside the darkness

And I'm somewhere else

I know this place

I've been here before

I know where it leads

Still I open the door

It only takes a split second

To turn heaven into hell

I know the voice is mine

But I don't recognize myself

Every shadow has a heartbeat

Every whisper leaves a scar

In a split second I forget

Who you are

Who I am

Now the walls are getting closer

And the colors bleed to red

Every echo finds another

Until they're screaming in my head

There's a match between my fingers

And gasoline beneath my feet

I watch the flame get closer

Still I can't make myself leave

I know this place

I know how it ends

I burn every bridge

Then reach for your hand

It only takes a split second

To turn heaven into hell

I know the voice is mine

But I don't recognize myself

Every shadow has a heartbeat

Every whisper leaves a scar

In a split second I forget

Who you are

Who I am

When the smoke clears

I'll count what remains

Trace every fracture

And give it my name

I'll swear that next time

I'll see through the haze

But I've made that promise

A thousand different ways

I AM THE MATCH

I AM THE FLAME

I AM THE ASH

THAT'S LEFT IN MY WAKE

I KNOW THIS FIRE

I KNOW IT WELL

ONE SPLIT SECOND—

AND THERE I GO AGAIN

It only takes a split second

To turn heaven into hell

I know the voice is mine

But I'm learning it too well

Every shadow loses shape now

Every whisper fades away

And I'm standing in the wreckage

Of a war that couldn't stay

In a split second I forgot

Who you were

Who I am

There's a crack beneath the surface

And I know

it's still there.