Something Vile

Verse 1 Famine, plague, fields of bleed, Something buried starts to breathe Skin unravels thread by thread, Whispers leaking from the dead Teeth beneath my fingernails, Scratching secrets into hell ⸻ Pre-Chorus If I peel, will I reveal Something worse than what I feel? ⸻ Chorus Let it bloom inside the hollow Rotting veins I used to follow Something wearing me within Learning how to move my skin Let it split me, seam by seam Wake me from this fragile dream If I’m more than flesh and bone Why do I feel less than whole? ⸻ Verse 2 Mouths that open where they shouldn’t, Say my name like I knew they would Eyes are growing in the dark, Blinking slow beneath the bark Every nerve a screaming wire, Feeding something I can’t tire ⸻ Bridge (grotesque / abstract) Call it hunger, call it host, I’m the body, it’s the ghost Weave me into something vile, Wear me like a borrowed smile