Black Mane

Lyrics

Intro
Cold on the tongue
I taste the room
Black mane in the mirror
Move too soon
(static in my teeth)
Floorboards talk back
I don't trust the frame
Something's in the crack

Verse 1
I count the locks twice
Then I count them again
Your shadow on the curtain
Didn't come from the wind
A face in the glass
Keeps lagging behind
Every time I blink
It rewinds my mind
My phone lights up
Then dies in my hand
No name on the screen
Just a twisted command
I hear my own breath
From the other side
Saying stay in the dark
And let it ride

Pre-Chorus
Don't look now
It's too close now
Pulse in my jaw
Going broke now
One more step
And it shows now
I can feel it
Dragging low now

Chorus
Black mane, black mane
Run through my brain
Black mane, black mane
Nothing feels the same
Black mane, black mane
Calling my name
Black mane, black mane
I can't tame the frame

Verse 2
The hallway bends
Like it knows my fear
Every little stain
Turns into a ear
I see my past
In a busted grin
Same old bad luck
With a stranger's skin
My reflection smirks
When I turn away
Leaves its mark on me
Like a hidden blade
I made my bed
In a room of smoke
Now the ceiling drips
With a crooked joke
If paranoia is a crown
Then I'm king all night
Wearing cold metal thoughts
And a dead streetlight

Pre-Chorus
Don't look now
It's too close now
Pulse in my jaw
Going broke now
One more step
And it shows now
I can feel it
Dragging low now

Chorus
Black mane, black mane
Run through my brain
Black mane, black mane
Nothing feels the same
Black mane, black mane
Calling my name
Black mane, black mane
I can't tame the frame

Breakdown
Hush
Hear the static pray
Hush
Let the floor decay
(chop it up)
I know that laugh
I know that stain
It's wearing my face
And I let it in

Verse 3
Now the doors don't open
They just decide
Which version of me
Gets left outside
I got a bruise on hope
And a crack in faith
Still I walk that line
With a hunted gait
If you hear me talking
Don't answer back
It might be the part of me
I buried in black
One wrong glance
And the whole thing cracks
So I bite my tongue
Till the silence snaps

Bridge
Tell me who I was
Before the fear
Before the grin
Before the crack in here
If I fall through
Will you know my face?
Or just the echo
Of a losing race?
(come closer)
No, stay away
(come closer)
No, stay away

Breakdown
Black mane
In the walls
Black mane
Through it all
Black mane
Hear it crawl
Black mane
Take me whole

Outro
Cold on the tongue
I taste the room
Black mane in the mirror
Move too soon
(static in my teeth)
I don't trust the frame
Something's in the crack
And it's saying my name