[Verse 1]
Born in the dust
Jaw full of gravel and rust
Clock in my chest ticks crooked
Every breath a borrowed cut
Cold sun over the quarry
Shadows nailed into the ground
Every footprint filled with water
Every heartbeat
Hollow sound
[Chorus]
Life is the wound that never closes
Death is the hand behind the door (behind the door)
I drag my chain through fields of roses
Bleeding out thorns on the killing floor
Life and death
Chewing the same old bone
Life and death
Fighting for a crumbling throne
[Verse 2]
Names carved thin on the headstones
Dates like teeth in a broken grin
Some went quiet in the hospice
Some went laughing soaked in sin
I see my face in their marble
Cracked reflection
Missing eyes
I am the question with no answer
I am the echo that never dies (never dies)
[Chorus]
Life is the wound that never closes
Death is the hand behind the door (open wide)
I drag my chain through fields of roses
Bleeding out thorns on the killing floor
Life and death
Tangled in my tongue
Life and death
Singing while my lungs go numb
[Breakdown]
[Guitars drop to cavernous chugs
Drums in half-time]
Grind my bones
Back into sand
If there is mercy
Take my hand (take my hand)
If there is nothing
Say it slow
I was the question
You’ll never know
[Chorus]
Life is the wound that never closes
Death is the hand behind the door
I kiss the dirt
I taste the poison
I am the stain on the chapel floor
Life and death
Circle in my skull
Life and death
Laughing with their mouths full (of me)