[Verse 1] The furnace door has rusted shut Black snow keeps sifting through the vents I count the cracks along the floor And lose my place at twenty-four [Pre-Chorus] You said the cold would make me numb It only taught my bones to ache [Chorus] This is the cold black hell below Where every wound is made to show No hand will reach, no dawn will come The lock turns once; the lock stays numb [Verse 2 - Rap] Name on a tag, chalk on the wall Bootsteps stop when I start to crawl Salt in the cut, frost in my teeth No breath comes clean from underneath You called it justice, sealed the gate Then left me here to learn to wait Each day arrives with nothing new Each night takes something else from you [Pre-Chorus] You said the cold would make me numb It only taught my bones to ache [Chorus] This is the cold black hell below Where every wound is made to show No hand will reach, no dawn will come The lock turns once; the lock stays numb [Spoken Bridge] There is no lesson in this place. No hidden door. No final mercy. Only the sound of the chain settling back into the wall. [Final Chorus] This is the cold black hell below Where every wound is made to show No hand will reach, no dawn will come The lock turns once; the lock stays numb And when my name is scraped away The cold will keep what’s left of me [Outro] The lock turns once. The lock stays.
