UNDER THE SHELL

[Verse 1] You live where no one looks Behind my careful face A lock without a key A room I won't escape I feed you little bits So you don't tear me down A sip of light, a lie Then back into the ground [Pre-Chorus] I hear you in my bones I hear you in my sleep Every wall I build You live beneath [Chorus] Under the shell, under the shell That's where I keep my hell (under the shell) Under the shell, under the shell The part I know too well I wear the night on me To cover what I was You are my buried name My blood beneath the dust [Verse 2] I pace my inner maze Till every turn is stone My own two hands make bars My own two hands make home I water what I fear So it will still remain A shadow with my face A ghost inside my name [Pre-Chorus] I hear you in my bones I hear you in my sleep Every wall I build You live beneath [Chorus] Under the shell, under the shell That's where I keep my hell (under the shell) Under the shell, under the shell The part I know too well I wear the night on me To cover what I was You are my buried name My blood beneath the dust [Bridge] Let the snow come down Let it take the stain White on broken ground Cleanse my hidden shame If I break me open Would you still be there? Or just one more version Of the dark I wear [Final Chorus] Under the shell, under the shell That's where I keep my hell (under the shell) Under the shell, under the shell The part I know too well I wear the night on me To cover what I was You are my buried name My blood beneath the dust Under the shell, under the shell I let the truth stay near (under the shell) Under the shell, under the shell I know you live in me here