[Verse 1]
Same dream
Same rusted gate
Sanctuary breathing
Like it knows my name
Cages cracked
But the locks hang shut
Every fur
Every feather
Frozen in the hush
Antlers in the rafters
Foxes in the straw
Horses made of ashes
Staring through my jaw
[Chorus]
Owl with the book
Keeps beating me down
Every page screams
You can’t wake up now
Words carved in bone
Spelling out my fate
Owl with the book
Won’t let me escape
[Verse 2]
It perches above me
Eyes like empty clocks
Leather cover splitting
Spitting little gods
Every swing a sentence
Every crack a judge
I taste dust
Taste iron
But my feet won’t budge
Then the doors fly open
Wind like boiling tar
I run through the hallway
But I never get far
[Chorus]
Owl with the book
Keeps beating me down
Every page screams
You can’t wake up now
Words carved in bone
Spelling out my fate
Owl with the book
Won’t let me escape
[Bridge]
I bolt through the pens
Past the howling herd (run, run)
Hear the claws on stone
Feel the breathing dirt (don’t turn)
Shadow on my heels
Laughing in my skin
Demon in my footsteps
Dragging all my sins
Executioner waiting
Mask
Rope
Blade
Arms crossed
Silent
Like a headstone gaze
No swing
No mercy
Just that hollow stare
Like he’s waiting for me
To put my own neck there (yeah)
[Chorus]
Owl with the book
Keeps beating me down
Every page screams
You can’t wake up now
Words carved in bone
Spelling out my fate
Owl with the book
Won’t let me escape
[Outro]
Sanctuary sleeping
But my scars stay raw
Every night I’m back there
Under watching claws
Owl with the book
Demon at my back
Judge who never moves
As the rope goes slack