[Intro - whispered, intimate] Something vile slithered from my spine And infested this breath of mine [Verse 1 - ominous, half-time, confessional] I told you that I'd buried it, I told you I'd moved on But every careful answer hatched another lie There's a second pulse beneath the skin of my arm Bulging nursery of teeth where I buried the harm I keep my hands beneath the table when I speak Feel the little bodies turning underneath Untruth has laid its eggs inside my brain Now every word I swallow feeds the same [Pre-Chorus - tension building] Don't ask me what I've done I'll smile until they come [Chorus - explosive drop, wall of sound] Look into the mirror - there, under my eye My skin crawls sideways while I claim I'm alive My pores open wide, black pupils in rows The eyes of the maggots watch wherever I go I lied, I lied, now the lie is alive It burrowed through my blood and learned how to hide [Bridge - spoken] You were just too good for him (... dumbass whore) [Verse 2 - building dread, half-time,] You called me out; I watched the ceiling breathe The eggs sit nested in my molars, seeking to be freed I was pressed to confess, but something pulled the thread A pale and patient larva stole the voice inside my head I am not afraid—don't touch me, don't come near I can feel them find the places built from fear Every secret is a tunnel, every promise is a trap When I open up my mouth, they crawl across the gap [Interlude - tense, sparse, minimal] Hush now Catch the tiny squirming 'neath the skin Two for every tale I told Worming away and wove my sins [Breakdown - aggressive, bitter sarcasm fracturing into screams] I called you beautiful when I saw a pig I smiled and said you had a great personality When really you bored me to tears every single night But I kept showing up, kept performing I said I was in traffic, told you I was just tired When I was three drinks deep at noon I said we were the same, that you were selfish too So you'd stop asking why I couldn't care I promised you forever in a voice that wasn't mine The ticks were already talking through my teeth I swore I'd changed, I swore the past was dead But it was just sleeping, waiting in my jaw I flapped my gums, It's my fatal flaw [Chorus - explosive, wall of sound] Look into the mirror—there, under my eye My skin crawls sideways while I swear I'm alive My pores open wide, black pupils in rows The maws of the maggots wag wherever I go I lied, I lied, now the lie is alive It burrowed through my blood and showed how to bite [Guitar Solo - instrumental, expressive, locked to harmonic space] [Bridge - spoken, calm] Don't worry, I've got your back! (... yeah, right!) [Verse 3 - sung confession, voice fractured and honest] The mirror cracked a splinter of the shape I defend Every parasite inside me knows exactly where I bend I've stopped pretending I'm intact, the mask has split away feel them multiplying, eating away day by day You wanted the truth—then take it from my tongue I fed the nest with every false thing I'd ever sung If deception is a god, my prayers loud and proud Now the brood be neath my features is pulling me down [Final Chorus - harder, more distorted, fractured] Look into the mirror—watch the whole face divide The skin beneath my eyelids is opening its eyes My pores become their windows, every window has a stare A thousand tiny witnesses are cresting everywhere I lied, I lied, and the lie survived Now it speaks through every mouth it left alive [Outro - unresolved horror, claustrophobic] Don't look too close, don't make me speak The shell is paper-thin and weak Every breath I take, they shift and crawl I'm running out of room inside at all
