Silent Screams

Lyrics

Intro
Cold metal in my mouth
Chains in my throat
Counting the cracks
On the wall, on the wall

Verse 1
I wake up bruised by the mirror
My face is a stranger's face
The room keeps ticking like a bunker
Every corner knows my name
I feel it crawl through the ceiling
Like a wire under skin
Something waits in the hallway
And it never lets me in

Pre-Chorus
Say it low
Say it slow
Don't let it break
Don't let it show
My head is a cage
My teeth are a gate
Hear it scratch
Hear it grate

Chorus
Silent screams in my head
Silent screams in my head
They pull me under
They drag me back
Silent screams in my head
Silent screams in my head
I bite my tongue
And it bites back

Verse 2
I see the doors all breathing
I see the paint peel slow
The floorboards pulse like warnings
From a place I used to know
My hands shake like bent steel
My spine hums black and thin
Every thought comes through a speaker
With a ghost locked deep within

Pre-Chorus
Say it low
Say it slow
Don't let it break
Don't let it show
My head is a cage
My teeth are a gate
Hear it scratch
Hear it grate

Chorus
Silent screams in my head
Silent screams in my head
They pull me under
They drag me back
Silent screams in my head
Silent screams in my head
I bite my tongue
And it bites back

Bridge
Whispered
If I open up, it floods out
If I hold it down, it burns
I fed the thing in my shadow
Now it wants my every turn
Inhuman Vocals
Give it to me
Give it to me
I hear the machines
Inside of me

Breakdown
Push
Pull
Crush
Break
Hands on the throat
Till the bones all ache
Grit
Grind
Split
Shake
Silent screams
Never quit
Never break

Verse 3
Now the walls are all transparent
And the ceiling starts to breathe
I can hear my fear returning
Like a dog with no leash
I don't need a healer
I don't need a saint
I need the lock
I need the chain
I need the noise in my brain

Chorus
Silent screams in my head
Silent screams in my head
They pull me under
They drag me back
Silent screams in my head
Silent screams in my head
I bite my tongue
And it bites back

Outro
Cold metal in my mouth
Chains in my throat
Silent screams
Still follow me home
Silent screams
Still follow me home