The Slow Burn

Lyrics

Intro
Ash in the lungs
Cold in the teeth
Something is moving
Beneath the sheets

Verse 1
I fed it fear
By the teaspoon
Kept the door shut
Kept the room blue
It learned my name
Through cracked walls
Counted my pulse
In the hall

Pre-Chorus
Now it leans in
Slow and kind
Tiny claws
At the mind
I can hear
The gears begin
One dark spark
Under skin

Chorus
The slow burn
The slow burn
It starts so small
Then it takes your world
The slow burn
The slow burn
You feel it crawl
And you know it well
(know it well)
(know it well)

Verse 2
Black salt on the tongue
Rusted prayer
Every good thought
Left me there
I wore the grin
Like a funeral mask
While the poison worked
And the hours passed

Pre-Chorus
Now it leans in
Slow and kind
Tiny claws
At the mind
I can hear
The gears begin
One dark spark
Under skin

Chorus
The slow burn
The slow burn
It starts so small
Then it takes your world
The slow burn
The slow burn
You feel it crawl
And you know it well
(know it well)
(know it well)

Bridge
No crown, no throne
Just a hollow ache
No holy light
No vows to break
I saw my face
In a blade of ice
And the thing inside
Bared its eyes
Solo

Breakdown
Drag me down
Break me slow
Bone by bone
Let it show
Drag me down
Break me slow
I was born
For the undertow
(undertow)
(undertow)

Verse 3
Morning came
Like a verdict line
Still the dark
Had made me mine
I walk the edge
With a steady stare
If it wants my soul
It can come get it there

Chorus
The slow burn
The slow burn
It starts so small
Then it takes your world
The slow burn
The slow burn
You feel it crawl
And you know it well
(know it well)
(know it well)

Outro
Ash in the lungs
Cold in the teeth
Still something moves
Beneath me