Red Needle Heart

Lyrics

Intro
I woke inside the hinge of the door
Where your last name still scrapes the floor
Cold hands counting on my spine
One dead bolt, two more signs

Verse 1
You left your shape in the wall
A stain that learned how to crawl
I fed your name to the drain
It came back wearing my face again

The mirror twitched at the seam
Showed us both in a broken dream
Your kiss had rust on its tongue
Now every prayer comes out wrong

Pre-Chorus
Tick, tick, under my skin
Something old is waking within
I hear you there in the wires
Soft as a room full of liars

Closer
Closer
Don't let go
Don't let go

Chorus
Misery index of love
Misery index of love
It scores me high enough
To keep me coming back

Misery index of love
Misery index of love
I wear your name like mud
And drag it through the black

Breakdown
Break
My teeth
On the chain
Say it again

Love is a lock
And I am the key
Turn me
Turn me

Verse 2
Your voice in the ventilation
A blade in the blank foundation
I count the cracks in the tiles
Like all the ways you made me smile

Then made me kneel in the dust
With a mouthful of copper and trust
The room got meaner at dawn
When all your shadows stayed on

Pre-Chorus
Tick, tick, under my skin
Something old is waking within
I hear you there in the wires
Soft as a room full of liars

Closer
Closer
Don't let go
Don't let go

Chorus
Misery index of love
Misery index of love
It scores me high enough
To keep me coming back

Misery index of love
Misery index of love
I wear your name like mud
And drag it through the black

Bridge
I built a chapel from static and nails
You brought the flood through the vents and rails
Now every halo is bent and thin
Now every exit leads back in

Breakdown
Hands in the grinder
Heart in the vise
Say my name
Say my name

No sleep
No saints
No skin left to save
I crawl
I crawl
In your grave

Verse 3
The night keeps chewing my bones
I hear your laugh in the phones
A pale hum under the door
Like something hungry wants more

So I wear the bruise like a crown
And let the whole house shake down
If love is a machine, then fine
I am the fault in the line

Pre-Chorus
Tick, tick, under my skin
Something old is waking within
I hear you there in the wires
Soft as a room full of liars

Closer
Closer
Don't let go
Don't let go

Chorus
Misery index of love
Misery index of love
It scores me high enough
To keep me coming back

Misery index of love
Misery index of love
I wear your name like mud
And drag it through the black

Outro
Let the metal sing my decay
Let the last light rot away
I still hear you in the frame
Misery
Misery
Love is the name