[Verse 1 Rage Trap] Woke up choking on the black Roots wrapped tight around my throat Every breath a rotten crack Feeding on the things I used to hope Twisted fingers in my chest Pulling strings I can't control Turning gold to rust and pest Whispering that I was never whole [Pre-Chorus] I want to hold what heaven sends But panic chews it up instead There’s something crouched behind my ribs And it wakes before I do [Chorus] Black decaying fiend Breathing in between my teeth Whispers through me when I speak Turns every sweet thing incomplete Black decaying fiend Pulling petals off my dreams Makes a ruin out of peace Then tells me it was always me Nothing changes within me [Verse 2] I feel the good and tense at once Like love’s a cliff I’m backing from I reach for warmth with shaking hands Then crush it while I’m calling it home I swear I never mean the harm I just don’t trust my arms to hold Anything soft, anything gold Without turning it cold [Pre-Chorus] I want to keep what beauty brings But fear gets there before I can There’s something feeding on the light And it’s wearing down my skin [Chorus] Black decaying fiend Breathing in between my teeth Whispers through me when I speak Turns every sweet thing incomplete Black decaying fiend Pulling petals off my dreams Makes a ruin out of peace Then tells me it was always me Nothing changes within me [Bridge] It sleeps in the marrow It moves in the seams It sharpens my shadows It gnaws at the beams It fogs every window It swallows the spring It stands in the doorway When happiness enters me [Final Chorus] Black decaying fiend Curling up inside of me Drinking color from the leaves Leaving only vacancy Black decaying fiend With my voice and my disease If I ever touch something clean You make sure it dies with me Nothing changes within me [Outro Pitched down vocals] (I tried to cut you out with fire) (But the smoke just made you grow ) (Now every scar is your desire ) ( Every prayer just feeds the hole) (I'm the soil, you're the blight ) (Blooming black in morning light) (If I die, you'll wear my skin ) (Laughing as the end begins )
