Belly of the Beast

Lyrics

Verse 1
I woke in salt and dark
In a room of ribs and rain
A lantern made of bone
Kept blinking my name

The walls were soft as skin
Yet deeper than the sea
I found a brass key
Stuck in a tooth of ivory

Pre-Chorus
And every whispered tunnel
Knew my step, knew my breath
The water held its secret
Like a hand around my chest

Chorus
Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
Hold your mouth shut now
What you hide is what I need

Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
Swallow me whole, swallow me whole
Till the curse comes clean

Verse 2
I saw old bells in slime
And maps inside the gills
Names scratched on a scale
Like prayers with sharpened quills

A widow in a pearl shell
A king in a rusted crown
They said the fish remembers
Every soul it drowns

Pre-Chorus
So I followed deeper in
Through the ache and the green
Past a door of living teeth
To the chamber in between

Chorus
Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
Hold your mouth shut now
What you hide is what I need

Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
Swallow me whole, swallow me whole
Till the curse comes clean

Bridge
I found the curse at last
A heart in a chain of gold
Beating out the losses
That the deep had sold

So I broke it open
Let the secret run
Now the fish began to tremble
In the blood-red sun

Final Chorus
Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
Hold your mouth shut now
What you hide is what I need

Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
Swallow me whole, swallow me whole
Till the curse comes clean

Belly of the beast
Belly of the beast
I خرج with the secret
And the sea came free