Grip of Fear
by Darth Nihlus
Lyrics
Intro
Cold room
Hard breath
A latch clicks in my skull
(Click-click)
The floor knows my name
(Yeah)
Verse 1
I woke up with a bruise in my mind
A shape in the corner of my eye
The walls keep leaning closer
Like they heard me think out loud
My hands shake dust off the table
There’s a pulse in the pipes again
And every little shadow
Wears my face by the end
Pre-Chorus
Say it low
Don’t let it ring
One wrong word
And it follows me
Closer now
Through the screen
I can feel it
Learning me
Chorus
Grip of fear
Hold me down
Grip of fear
Drag me under
(Name it)
Grip of fear
I can’t break free
Grip of fear
It knows me
Verse 2
A red light blinks in the hallway
Then stops when I turn around
The mirror spits my outline back
But it moves a second late
I hear footsteps in the ceiling
No one’s there, but I know
Every lock in this building
Just turned on its own
Pre-Chorus
Say it low
Don’t let it ring
One wrong word
And it follows me
Closer now
Through the screen
I can feel it
Learning me
Chorus
Grip of fear
Hold me down
Grip of fear
Drag me under
(Name it)
Grip of fear
I can’t break free
Grip of fear
It knows me
Verse 3
Now the static in my veins
Starts spelling out a warning
I taste metal in my teeth
When the silence gets too long
There’s a face inside the flicker
In the grain behind the glass
It wears my old expression
And it never blinks fast
Breakdown
Tear it open
Tear it open
Hands on the wire
Mind on fire
Tear it open
Tear it open
No safe sound
No soft ground
(Stay down)
(Stay down)
Bridge
If I split the name apart
Maybe it loses shape
If I stare into the dark
Maybe it blinks away
But the dark leans in and laughs
Like it’s been here from the start
And the fear in my throat
Has a lock, has a heart
Breakdown
Grip
Grip
Grip
Fear
(Grip of fear)
Grip
Grip
Grip
Fear
No escape here
(Go)
Chorus
Grip of fear
Hold me down
Grip of fear
Drag me under
(Name it)
Grip of fear
I can’t break free
Grip of fear
It knows me
Outro
Cold room
Hard breath
The click stays in my skull
Grip of fear
(Grip of fear)
The dark keeps my face
(Grip of fear)