[Intro]
Harps in the half-dark
Cold hands on my chest
Shadows pin my shoulders
I can’t move
Can’t rest
[Verse 1]
Eyes wide open
Body buried in the bed
Ceiling starts to ripple
Like it’s breathing overhead
Footsteps on my ribcage
Something climbs inside my lungs
My jaw locked shut in silence
But it speaks through my tongue
[Chorus]
I’m awake in the living nightmare
Tied to the bones I wear
Every nerve is a rusted chain
While a stranger pulls the reins
I’m a ghost in my own pale eyes
Watching it learn my lies
Trapped in flesh that will not fight
As a demon drives my life tonight
[Verse 2]
Nails trace circles
On the back of my skull
Whispers in a language
That makes the whole room dull
Faces in the plaster
Mouths all moving when I scream
But the sound stays in my marrow
Like a drowned and broken dream
[Pre-Chorus]
It smiles with my teeth
It rises with my feet (oh)
Parade in my skin
And I can’t retreat
[Chorus]
I’m awake in the living nightmare
Tied to the bones I wear
Every nerve is a rusted chain
While a stranger pulls the reins
I’m a ghost in my own pale eyes
Watching it learn my lies
Trapped in flesh that will not fight
As a demon drives my life tonight
[Bridge]
[Choirs swelling
Guitars drop to half-time]
It says
“Be still
Be still
You’re a mask I’ll learn to fill
You’ll watch from the window
As I walk you to the hill”
I feel my fingers reaching
For the ones I swore to save
My heart beats out a warning
From beneath a borrowed grave
[Chorus]
I’m awake in the living nightmare
Tied to the bones I wear
Every nerve is a rusted chain
While a stranger pulls the reins
I’m a ghost in my own pale eyes
Watching it use my guise
If I break
Will it break too
Or will it walk the world as you?
[Outro]
Harps fall silent
Violins hold tight
I blink once
It smiles
“I’ll be back
Tomorrow night”