[Verse 1] I’m splitting at the edges With every strike of the hammer to the bone I’m slipping from reason Beneath the quiet grave of what we swore we’d never show Blood on our hands though we beg to stay clean Footsteps are breathing in rooms in between The dark keeps its hand pressed right into my chest Is this what it means to protect? [Chorus] ’Cause real friends don’t hide and a dead heart don’t lie through its teeth No whispered confessions in floorboard beliefs We swore we were righteous, we swore on our lives But we haunt the remains of the truth we deny (Oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh) [Verse 2] A shovel — a promise But dirt can’t bury the terror in our eyes We call it survival But hell is just filled with the ones who still justify [Pre-Chorus] Blood on our hands though we beg to stay clean Footsteps are breathing in rooms in between The dark keeps its hand pressed right into my chest Is this what it means to protect? [Chorus] ’Cause real friends don’t hide and a dead heart don’t lie through its teeth No whispered confessions in floorboard beliefs We swore we were righteous, we swore on our lives But we haunt the remains of the truth we deny [Bridge] (Oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh) The shovel slips — our voices shaking Every vow we forged is breaking Tell me now — are we still the same? Will you speak my name or turn away? [Chorus] ’Cause real friends don’t hide and a dead heart don’t lie through its teeth No whispered confessions in floorboard beliefs We swore we were righteous, we swore on our lives But some sins don’t let you survive [Outro] (Oh-oh-oh-oh) I’m splitting at the edges (Oh-oh-oh-oh) With every strike of the hammer to the bone
