[Intro (whispered, distorted)]
Tick… tick… tick…
You hear it?
That’s the sound of you breaking…
[Verse 1 (double-kick drums, chugging guitars)]
I wear my skin like a borrowed cage
Every breath tastes like bottled rage
You smile with knives, you kiss with teeth
You feed me lies ‘til I can’t breathe
I’m the echo in your silent screams
The parasite in your holy dreams
I’m the rust in your golden veins
You’ll never wash away these stains
[Pre-Chorus (half-time, tension rising)]
Every scar you gave me
Is carved into my name
You built this fire
So choke on the flame
[Chorus (explosive, screamed & clean mix)]
I’m not your savior, I’m your disease
The truth you fear when you try to sleep
No prayer, no crown, no holy chains
Can kill the rust that’s in your veins
[Verse 2 (syncopated, chaotic drum fills)]
You pull the strings but you’re still the prey
I’m the nightmare that won’t decay
The rot is deep, you can’t escape
Your halo’s just another fake
You sold your soul to a mirror’s glare
But it never cared, it’s never there
Every mask you wear’s a funeral shroud
Your silence screams the loudest loud
[Pre-Chorus (guitars drop to a low growl)]
Every scar you gave me
Is carved into my name
You built this fire
So choke on the flame
[Chorus (even heavier)]
I’m not your savior, I’m your disease
The truth you fear when you try to sleep
No prayer, no crown, no holy chains
Can kill the rust that’s in your veins
[Bridge (chaotic percussion, whispered then screamed)]
[Whisper]
It’s in your blood…
It’s in your breath…
It’s in your bones…
It’s all that’s left…
[Scream]
You can’t cut it out
You can’t burn it down
It owns your heart
It wears your crown
[Breakdown (drop-tuned, slow and brutal)]
Rust… in… the… veins!
Rust… in… the… veins!
You’ll never be clean—
You’ll never be saved!
[Chorus – Final (double-time chaos)]
I’m not your savior, I’m your disease
The truth you fear when you try to sleep
No prayer, no crown, no holy chains
Can kill the rust that’s in your veins
I am the rust in your veins
I am the rust in your veins
[Outro (feedback and drums fade, whisper returns)]
Tick… tick… tick…
You hear it?
That’s the sound…
…of you ending.
Drozalloxx
