(Intro – Faint heartbeat and chain clink) “One number. One name. One life forgotten.” (Verse 1) They took my name and gave me a code, 27 inked where the sun don’t go. Walls close in, time stands still, Concrete saints and a metal will. I talk to my shadow, it don’t reply, Only thing left that can’t lie. The mirror cracked, but I can see, Every sin still lookin’ back at me. (Pre-Chorus) Chains sing soft when the lights fade low, Another day dies where the cold winds don’t blow. (Chorus) I’m Inmate Twenty-Seven, Livin’ hell, waitin’ for heaven. My soul’s on lock, my body’s gone, Counting the years I’ve bled alone. Inmate Twenty-Seven, Forgot the taste of livin’. No more dreams, just the same old sound— Steel doors slam, my world spins round. (Verse 2) Tattooed memories burn my skin, Every mark’s where I’ve been. Voices in pipes talk at night, I answer back to kill the fright. The CO walks by, won’t meet my eye, Guess he sees what he can’t deny. I’m just a ghost in a cage of meat, Broken man with broken feet. (Pre-Chorus) If redemption’s real, it don’t come here, Only echoes and the smell of fear. (Chorus) I’m Inmate Twenty-Seven, Livin’ hell, waitin’ for heaven. My soul’s on lock, my body’s gone, Counting the years I’ve bled alone. Inmate Twenty-Seven, Forgot the taste of livin’. No more dreams, just the same old sound— Steel doors slam, my world spins round. (Bridge – Low instrumental grind) (Whispered under reverb) “Cell 27… that’s where I died but kept on breathing.” “Each night the walls move closer…” “And time just laughs.” (Guitar growl and slow drop) (Final Chorus) Inmate Twenty-Seven, Lost but still rememberin’. My faith was sold for a meal of sin, The door won’t open, I won’t win. Inmate Twenty-Seven, Buried but still livin’. No light left, just me and the sound— Steel doors slam, my world spins round. (Outro – Fading Echo) (Chains drag. A single cell door slams. Silence.) “Inmate Twenty-Seven… still countin’…”
