Maniacal Laughter

Lyrics

Intro
Ha-ha
Ha-ha-ha
The room learns my name
Gear teeth grin in the dark
Ha-ha

Verse 1
I move like a lock
With a rusted tongue
Black oil on my cuffs
And a smile undone
You hear my boots
In the drain below
I knock from inside
Where the cold winds go
Hands in the smoke
Face in the screen
I leave a scratch mark
Where your calm used to be

Pre-Chorus
Count it down
Three, two, one
Hear that laugh
When the walls come on
Count it down
Three, two, one
Too late now
I’m already in

Chorus
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
You called it in
Now it answers back
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
Cold in your chest
And it won’t relax
Ha-ha-ha
Maniacal laughter

Breakdown
Tick
Tick
Open wide
Metal mouth
Empty eyes
Say my name
Say it twice
Hear the latch
Hear it bite

Verse 2
I crawl through the vents
Like a rumor with teeth
Your prayer hits the floor
Like cheap broken keys
I wear the shock
Like a second skin
Every wrong turn
Lets the noise back in
White knuckle saints
With the ash on their lids
Watch me unravel
Then I do it again

Pre-Chorus
Count it down
Three, two, one
Hear that laugh
When the walls come on
Count it down
Three, two, one
Too late now
I’m already in

Chorus
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
You called it in
Now it answers back
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
Cold in your chest
And it won’t relax
Ha-ha-ha
Maniacal laughter

Breakdown
whispered
No face
No sleep
Only gears
Only heat
inhuman vocal
A-a-a
Hah
A-a-a
Hah

Verse 3
I’m the static grin
At the end of the line
The bent little hook
On your borrowed time
You built that door
With a paper thin vow
I came through the cracks
And I’m here now
No halo left
Just a bent steel crown
I drag my shadow
Through your underground

Bridge
Say it plain
If you can
Who made the cage
Who broke the man
I am the echo
You fed to the pit
I am the laugh
That learned not to quit

Chorus
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
You called it in
Now it answers back
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
Cold in your chest
And it won’t relax
Ha-ha-ha
Maniacal laughter

Outro
Ha-ha
The room goes still
Ha-ha-ha
But I never will
Maniacal laughter
Maniacal laughter
Ha-ha