
Running From the Beast (Live at the Summit)
[instrumental intro] [Verse 1] Footsteps echo softly, through a maze of shattered glass, The air is thick with whispers, from a shadow that won’t pass. The beast is always closer, though its face I’ll never see, A specter in my bloodstream, clawing deep inside of me. The walls are breathing panic, as the starlight starts to bleed, Running from the beast, but it’s sown in every seed. [Chorus] Running from the beast, through the corridors of time, Chasing fleeting echoes, in a labyrinth of rhyme. Its breath is on my shoulder, in the dark where fears reside, Running from the beast, with nowhere left to hide. [Verse 2] The sky is cracked and weeping, tears of crimson stain the ground, Each step a fleeting memory, where my sanity was drowned. The beast’s a formless terror, woven tight within my mind, A chain of buried secrets, that no distance can unbind. The moonlight hums a warning, but my heart won’t heed the call, Running through the silence, where the shadows rise and fall. [Chorus] Running from the beast, through the corridors of time, Chasing fleeting echoes, in a labyrinth of rhyme. Its breath is on my shoulder, in the dark where fears reside, Running from the beast, with nowhere left to hide. [Verse 3] The stars are cold observers, watching as I lose my way, Their light a cruel illusion, leading deeper to decay. The beast is my reflection, in the mirror of my dread, A truth I can’t escape from, though I’ve run till I’ve bled. The ground beneath me trembles, as the void begins to sing, Running from the beast, but it’s tied to everything. [Bridge] The sky’s a screaming canvas, painted with my soul’s despair, The beast is all I’ve buried, rising now to claim its share. I’m falling through the ether, where the light and dark entwine, No refuge in the chaos, for the beast is me and mine. No flight, no fight, just the truth I can’t define! [Alternate Chorus] Running from the beast, but it’s woven in my core, A shadow in my bloodstream, that I cannot ignore. Its howl is my own heart, breaking free where fears abide, Running from the beast, but it’s always deep inside. [Outro - Fade Out] Running from the beast, through the endless night’s embrace, Driftin’ through the echoes, of a self I can’t erase. Running from the beast, where the soul and shadows blend, Chasing my own ghost, till the stars and I descend… [instrumental outro]

