Afraid of the Dark

Lyrics

Intro
Cold door
Black floor
Hold still
Lockjaw

Verse 1
I woke in a room with my name scraped off
Scratches on the wall where the prayers got lost
Your shadow stood there with a mouth of rust
Said, “Tell me what you hide when the whole house cussed”
I heard the pipes breathe through the concrete bones
Felt that old fear tap on my throat like stones
The key in my palm turned to a little sharp grin
And the dark leaned close like it wanted in

Chant
Afraid of the dark
Say it
Afraid of the dark
Pay it
Afraid of the dark
Break it
Afraid of the dark
Take it

Verse 2
There’s a loop in my head like a factory blade
Every thought gets stripped, every promise frayed
I seen my own face in a cracked steel sheet
Looked half dead, looked mean, looked hard to beat
The floor kept shaking with a marching tune
Like a thousand fists in the breakroom noon
I bit my tongue till the blood came sweet
Then the walls all laughed with their iron teeth

Breakdown
Get low
Get mean
Choke on the scream
Cut out
Shut down
Machine to machine
I don’t run
I don’t fold
I was made in the cold
Afraid of the dark
Say it again

Verse 3
Now the ceiling drops like a closing jaw
And every little light got swallowed raw
I wear that terror like a second skin
Let it burn through the seams, let it pull me in
If the night wants war, then the night gets war
I kick through the gate, slam the locked-back door
No god in the wires, no saint in the flame
Just me and the black and a mouth with my name

Chant
Afraid of the dark
Say it
Afraid of the dark
Break it
Afraid of the dark
Take it
Afraid of the dark
I made it

Outro
Cold door
Black floor
Still there
No more
Afraid of the dark
No more
Afraid of the dark
No more