Skinwalker - Crimson Carnival

[Intro; Spoken word, cold, slow, dripping with malice] "I see you..." ("I see you...") "As you truly are." ("Truly are...") ("Your lies") ("your lies)("your lies")("your lies") ("Your disguise.") ... "Skinwalker" ... [Sinister laughter] ... "You've taken" "You've clawed" "You've torn it to the core." "A river of blood is left in your wake." ... ... "Skin...Walker" [verse] You travel salted plains of this hollow expanse, Counting every fracture left by your jagged dance. I watch the seams where your nature grows thin, The rotting scent of decay from a borrowed skin. You guide the story with a surgical grace, While carving emptiness in this desolate space. [verse] You steal my rhythm and you plagiarize my breath, Stitching your life to a love that felt like death. Perfect simulation, a ghost in a polished frame, Playing an elaborate game with no stakes... ... no name... [pre-chorus] On the broken stage, the makeup dissolves in rain; Your theater of emptiness Is finally stripped of its stain. [Chorus] SKINWALKER! Echo of a ghost you once consumed! SKINWALKER! A vacant vessel, so completely assumed SKINWALKER! Tear away the velvet, expose the final nerve Accept the cold balance you truly deserve... [Spoken with malice] Skin... ... Walker... [verse] How does the air taste when you live a lie? View this devastation through a stolen eye? You are a scavenger draped in a masterpiece gown, Queen of the cinders, wearing a cardboard crown. I offered trust, a sanctuary for your greed, But you're a parasite with insatiable... needs. [verse] You didn't enter; you seeped into marrow and vein, Sucking essence to hide your internal... stain. You're an intruder in a skin not your own, Shivering trespasser on a ruined throne. Playing a delicate game with your hate... ... no shame... [pre-chorus] On the broken stage, the makeup dissolves in rain; Your theater of emptiness Is finally stripped of its stain. [Chorus] SKINWALKER! Echo of a ghost you once consumed! SKINWALKER! A vacant vessel, so completely assumed SKINWALKER! Tear away the velvet, expose the final nerve Accept the cold balance you truly deserve... [Spoken with malice] Skin... ... Walker... [bridge] Step right up to the vacuum! Witness the fraud at its peak! A parasite ticking In borrowed time. You are not a predator; you are an imitation, A desperate search for some kind of validation. Shed the mask. Shed the skin. Let the actual horror begin. [outro] Survey this waste. Count this void. Everything you touched... Systematically destroyed. [Spoken, whispered with absolute contempt] You’re nothing but an empty costume now. [Screamed finale] **SKINWALKER!** **SKINWALKER!** **SKIN!!** **WALKER!** [Sinister laughter fading to silence]