†NVMB†

by †ꖦvмВ†

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[Verse I]

i clawed my way through mirrors just to feel real skin

found nothing but teeth behind my grin

every prayer came back to me tasting blood on its tongue

i was holy once—

maybe—

when i was young...

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[Pre-Chorus]

i wore your silence like a veil

begged the sky to split and fail

i am what was left behind

when the light gave up on everything in me

And I quit trying

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[Chorus]

† i ate my name †

choked on every letter

it tasted like rust and winter

† i burned the frame †

left a corpse in the shape of love

you can bury it deep—i’m still not enough

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[Verse II]

my hands are altars, stitched with ruin

i make my scars into songs that I'm not sure that I want anyone to know...

and then carve what's leftover into my flesh and bone...

Can you see through me..?

Can you help me keep from undoing...

the shadows taught me how to scream soft—

taught me how to disappear...

To disappear without getting lost...

But there is always a cost...

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[Bridge – whispered, overlapping vocals]

(i am the nothing beneath your voice)

(i am the ache you leave in the walls)

(i am the name you swallowed to forget me)

(i am still here. still here. still—)

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[Breakdown – distorted screaming]

i wore your love like rope

tied it tight around my hope

watched it rot

watched it rot

watched it rot

and called it home

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[Final Chorus – half-sung, half-screamed]

† i ate my name †

and starved anyway

i kissed the void and begged it to stay

† i buried the flame †

but the smoke won't leave

there’s a version of me that still believes

still believes

still—

(feedback collapse) I am never enough