Ink Under Halos

Lyrics

Intro
Male
Back in the studio, back in the stain
Old Joey drew a dream, now it crawls through the frame
Walls start breathing when the lights go thin
And the ink on the floor wants me in

Verse 1
Male
I came for answers, found a machine with a pulse
Rust in the pipes, and the whole place convulsed
Coffee-cup stains on the desk, broken clock face
Secret doors hid a sermon in a sick little place
He said "keep going" but the halls keep lying
Photographs grin while the ceiling keeps crying
Search the drawers, hear the boards start moan
Every step I take feels less my own
Boris in the dark with a fear-soaked stare
Alice with a halo made of cut-up prayer
Sammy in the back with a mask and a hymn
And the whole damn house wants to swallow me in

Pre-Chorus
Male
I hear that ink drip
I hear that pipe sing
I see the black hands
On everything
One more turn
One more door
If I find the truth
What was it for?

Chorus
Male
Ink in my lungs, ink in my veins
Run through the black when it calls my name
(ink in my veins)
Bendy in the walls, Bendy in the frame
I keep on moving, but I stay in the game
(keep on moving)
Ink in my lungs, ink in my veins
Pray to the mask, but it feels the same
(Bendy)
Run through the black, let it take my pain
I’m alive in the dark when it calls my name

Verse 2
Bendy
I was born in the smear, in the scratch, in the stain
Every laugh got twisted when they fed me the pain
Tiny cartoon smile with a knife underneath
Now I walk like a curse with my teeth in your grief
You hit the switch, I was waiting behind
Past the nursery walls and the crooked old sign
I know your footsteps, I know your fear
I know the way your breath sounds when I’m near
The projector flickers, the hallway bends
You can pray to the light, it still breaks in the end
Hear that bend? Hear that creak?
That’s your little hope getting thin and weak
I don’t chase, I just rise from the floor
Ink on my face and I want more

Pre-Chorus
Bendy
I hear that ink drip
I hear that pipe sing
I see the black hands
On everything
One more turn
One more door
You came for the truth
Now ask for more

Chorus
Male
Ink in my lungs, ink in my veins
Run through the black when it calls my name
(ink in my veins)
Bendy in the walls, Bendy in the frame
I keep on moving, but I stay in the game
(keep on moving)
Ink in my lungs, ink in my veins
Pray to the mask, but it feels the same
(Bendy)
Run through the black, let it take my pain
I’m alive in the dark when it calls my name

Verse 3
Male
Chapter by chapter, the room gets meaner
Cutout grin on a dead-eyed preacher
Shuffle through the ink, got a wrench in hand
Trying to outrun a story I don’t understand
Generator groans, and the vents turn cold
Every locked-up secret in the building unfold
Lost in the loop where the same doors spin
I can hear a little laugh through the paper skin
Ink-made monsters with a broken birth
Everybody here got a curse for work
If the dark wants a body, let it come and try
I was made to crawl but I’m built to survive

Bridge
Male
Joey Drew lied, now the whole set cracks
Old dream house rotting in the walls like black
If the end comes down in a flood of pain
I’ll spit through the shadow and say my name

Bendy
Say it again
Say it with heat
I live in the seams
I live in the beat
You can lock every door
You