Rust in the Throat

Lyrics

Intro
Open the door.
I know your name.
Breathe on the glass.
Let me in the frame.

Verse 1
I hear you pacing
inside my wall.
Counting the cracks
like a prison hall.
Your hands are shaking
mine are still.
I wear your face
when the room goes ill.

Pre-Chorus
Tick, tick
in the bone.
You made me
not alone.
Say it back
like a vow.
I’m inside
your mouth now.

Chorus
I’m the rust in the throat
I’m the rust in the throat
You swallow me slow
you swallow me slow
Say my name
and it breaks
Say my name
and it stays

Verse 2
Cold little mirrors
under the skin.
Every reflection
lets me in.
You lock the window
I use the seam.
You call it a nightmare
I call it a dream.

Pre-Chorus
Tick, tick
in the bone.
You made me
not alone.
Say it back
like a vow.
I’m inside
your mouth now.

Chorus
I’m the rust in the throat
I’m the rust in the throat
You swallow me slow
you swallow me slow
Say my name
and it breaks
Say my name
and it stays

Bridge
Do you feel that?
The room is moving.
Do you feel that?
Your hands are proving.
I was the thought
behind your teeth.
I was the wire
under your sleep.

Breakdown
Hah.
Kneel.
Hah.
Repeat.
Hah.
Machine.
Hah.
Obey.

Verse 3
Now the walls are leaning
toward your breath.
Now the floorboards know
what comes next.
I don’t need a key
I don’t need skin.
I live in the click
when you cave it in.

Chorus
I’m the rust in the throat
I’m the rust in the throat
You swallow me slow
you swallow me slow
Say my name
and it breaks
Say my name
and it stays

Outro
Open the door.
I know your name.
Breathe on the glass.
Let me in again.