Rust in My Mouth
by Darth Nihlus
Lyrics
Intro
Listen close
It knows your name
Under the floor
Inside the frame
Cold little signal
Skin like wire
Something awake
Behind the fire
Verse 1
I woke in a room
That learned my breath
The walls leaned in
Like they wanted death
A thumbprint pulse
On the basement door
It tapped in twos
Then asked for more
I kept my eyes down
I kept them still
The mirror bent
Like a praying drill
Something in me
Would not say my name
It moved its mouth
And wore my face
Pre-Chorus
Don’t look back
It gets too near
Don’t speak soft
It wants to hear
Pulse by pulse
It starts the climb
One more step
And it’s mine
Chorus
It’s in my head
It’s in my head
(Go on)
It wears my skin
It wears my skin
(Again)
I hear the lock
I hear the chain
But it learned my shape
And called my name
Verse 2
The ceiling shook
With a metal cough
A phantom hand
Cut the lights off
I tasted rust
On my frozen tongue
Like bitten nails
And a severed lung
The hallway bent
In a slow machine
All jagged teeth
And a sick green gleam
I found my hands
On the concrete seam
Scratching a hole
In a borrowed dream
Pre-Chorus
Don’t look back
It gets too near
Don’t speak soft
It wants to hear
Pulse by pulse
It starts the climb
One more step
And it’s mine
Chorus
It’s in my head
It’s in my head
(Go on)
It wears my skin
It wears my skin
(Again)
I hear the lock
I hear the chain
But it learned my shape
And called my name
Verse 3
Now every thought
Comes back with teeth
A second voice
Beneath my grief
It says be calm
It says obey
Then turns my bones
The other way
I see my face
In the darkened glass
Not human now
Just a trace of past
If I run, it runs
If I kneel, it stands
A puppet hymn
In my shaking hands
Bridge
There’s a room inside
Where the old me died
I hear it breathe
On the other side
When I break the seal
When I split the door
Something steps out
And I am the floor
Breakdown
Take it
Take it
Take it
Take it
No name
No light
No sleep
No fight
Break me down
Break me clean
Make this body
Your machine
Chorus
It’s in my head
It’s in my head
(Go on)
It wears my skin
It wears my skin
(Again)
I hear the lock
I hear the chain
But it learned my shape
And called my name
Outro
Listen close
It knows your name
Under the floor
Inside the frame
Cold little signal
Skin like wire
Something awake
Behind the fire