Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Those tiny imps return for me each night And fill me with their violent desires My hands they grab so they may guide Then down my gullet we will slide into The chambers of my being The things that they show, there's no unseeing And they'll say, "It's better the devil you know than the one that you don't" So I'll drag you down with me into the unknown My ribs like rungs of a ladder Are my only escape, but it doesn't matter Climb out of my mouth into my room Then back they pull me by my ankles to my doom One is blue, the other's red They make sleep torture in my bed, so If I die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take And they'll say, "It's better the devil you know than the one that you don't" So I'll drag you down with me into the unknown And they'll say, "You can trust me, I'll be the devil on your shoulder These violent desires will make sense to you when you're older These violent desires are a part of you These violent desires are a part of you"

You're a watercolor through the window The sight of you is devastating from the outside looking in And I can't wait to hold you tight But the chase has always felt right for us You were made in the image of Eve Well I'm here to accelerate your fall, I'm here to take it all from you And when you scream for Him my heart races But there's no trace of God down here She thrives on fear, I feast on it My final girl would you stop running for one minute? (Let me catch my breath) I'll be your vice, I'll be your villain Just come to me and all will be forgiven I'll follow you to the end, my final girl would you stop running? Your shoulder has skewed your view of me Now there's no going back to how things were Embrace the horrors you've endured my dear And if killing me is your catharsis Then you can slit my throat from ear to ear She thrives on fear, I feast on it My final girl would you stop running for one minute? (Let me catch my breath) I'll be your vice, I'll be your villain Just come to me and all will be forgiven I'll follow you to the end, my final girl would you stop running Away, my final girl it would be better if you stayed Delay the chase awhile, there's no one left, no where else to hide In your dreams, under your bed You can't escape, I'm in your head She thrives on fear, I feast on it She thrives on fear, I feast on it She thrives on fear, I feast on it She thrives on fear, I feast on it

"Let's take a drive to the cabin," you said "Bring a few of our friends Throw your stuff in the Delta '88 Sing together until the very end," well I didn't expect the end to come so soon I didn't expect you to leave me howling at the moon Get your story straight, lover boy It's not that you aren't sweet Put that jewelry around my neck After pretending to be asleep, well I'm not gonna dwell on how things could be Not after you dismembered me Dance with me To the other side of your dreams Dance with me To the other side of your dreams Of your dreams Mhm You better get to your sister She is screaming bloody murder Gnashing her teeth and mumbling about Something in the woods wanting to hurt her The trees did something reprehensible Then she put that same sickness in me with her number 2 pencil Singing, "We're gonna get you, we're gonna get you" Lock her down in the cellar Try to get some sleep, Ash And in the morning, it'll be better Now I'm laughing as you drag me by my feet Laughing with the lamps and the taxidermy Come find me A stark cross will mark my debris Dance with me To the other side of your dreams Of your dreams Mhm

Cut me open See the rings? Start counting See them spiraling Down to my creation Life giver, vacant home Hide in my hollow Hidden there you'll find Dead wood being eaten from the inside I'll be your hiding place I'll be your mortuary I'll be your sweet embrace Among the fruits and berries And when we both rot The Earth won't hesitate Swallow our ferment wine I hope it's worth the wait So seal the wound, compartmentalize Create a callus body-sized Seal the wound, compartmentalize Life and death by His design Men will surround me To look inside of me Revel at the body Maggots and canaries I'll be your hiding place I'll be your mortuary I'll be your sweet embrace Among the fruits and berries And when we both rot The Earth won't hesitate Swallow our ferment wine I hope it's worth the wait So seal the wound, compartmentalize Create a callus body-sized Seal the wound, compartmentalize Life and death by His design Seal the wound, compartmentalize Isn't it wonderful to be alive? Seal the wound, compartmentalize Life and death by His design Life and death by His desire Life and death by His design

Season of the crush, saccharine Spring Cherry blossoms envy the color of her blushing As time advances so does he And she should know better by now But it feels so good to be Wanted Lush green and longing fill the night Two cryptids want in stifling Summer heat While the trees groan and creak under the building pressure And she knows better by now But it feels so damn good When you said that the guilt wasn't needed I could feel my self control start to decay And when you said that the guilt wasn't needed You were stroking your ego on full display And I confess my ache outweighed the cost When you called me your favorite sinner I should have known that the lies would taste bitter Did you get what you wanted? She could see the writing on the wall barreling towards her There was no escaping her shame as the Fall colors faded She becomes a deeper hue of jaded And she knows better by now (They say it's better the devil you know) And she knows better by now (So give in, explore what lives below the surface) And she knows better by now But it felt so damn good to be Wanted

You exist inside of a room And when I'm lonely I run to you This lechery, it won't go away It takes everything in me not to stay Inside of the room, just you and me We could lock the door and lose the key You exist inside of a room It's the only place that I can talk to you My heart aches when I open up the door The weight of it brings me to the floor I see you there, but what's left to say? So I shut the door and run away Mother! My skin is coming off Mother, I feel so far away from everything You exist inside of my mind And I think about you all the time These days I won't go near the door To touch the handle means wanting more That filthy handle's all I see Put there by lustful motives mercenary Mother! My skin is coming off Mother, I feel so far away from everything You exist, I do believe But you may have been imaginary Because the room is gone, there was no goodbye It had to go with all our lies The space once occupied is all that's left By my patron saint of lonliness Mother! My skin is coming off Mother, I feel so far away from everything Mother! My skin is coming off Mother, I feel so far from it all You exist inside of a room It was the only place that I could talk to you You exist, I do believe You exist Did you exist?

Be careful what you pray for, darling I've been on my knees all day and all night I begged God to make me the wind or the water So I could feel what Heaven's like So I could feel what Heaven's like Oh is this what it means to be free? Raised wild just for life to break me Well He forced me down on all four Cinched the flank rope tight around my core Flogged me senseless, oh how sweet Then He nailed the horseshoes to my feet He nailed those horseshoes to my feet Oh is this what it means to be free? Raised wild just for life to break me The bridal bit sits pretty on my tongue As I salivate at the thought of salvation It couldn't get here any faster As I feel the weight of my new Master "If you're looking for Heaven, you're too far South," That's gospel straight from the horse's mouth Oh is this what it means to be free? Raised wild just for life to break me down Oh is this what it means to be free? Raised wild just for life to fuck me up

Let me paint you naked Translate your nervous system onto canvas Undressed, split wide Second coming, crucified on the gambrel hook People like us bear fruit in the dirt Stroke and stroke my brush 'til it hurts We weren't born this brutal but the world can be so Cruel and unforgiving Let me paint you a landscape See every desperate thing crawling under The guise of beauty Insects beneath the leaves cannibalize each other Creatures like us blossom in the weeds Stroke and stroke my brush 'til I bleed We weren't born this brutal but the world made me so Cruel and unforgiving Hear the mother's giving birth to screaming babies? Born screaming, born writhing Born human, born dying Left to our own devices We thrive in the mud, we thrive in violence The heat of Hell is in our hands So drink up, though the body's bland You know the blood runs sweet We weren't born this brutal but the world can be so Cruel and unforgiving We weren't born this brutal but the world made me so Cruel and unforgiving

I hear a sound, I wanna pull my ears off I hear a noise, I wanna pull my ears off Anticipate it, I'm gonna pull my ears off I get enraged when I can't seem to find the source Can you find the source? The faucet drip, drip, drips, it drives me crazy The clock ticks, it's consistent but it's fine Smacking lips, inconsistent, it drives me crazy It's all I seem to think about all of the time Imagine going through life The background noise is turned up to 11 It eats away at your insides until there's nothing left Imagine going through life The background noise is turned up to 11 It eats away at your, it eats away at your insides Until the only thing left The only thing left is your own destruction Can't escape as the bombs detonate in my head Run and hide in pink noise and thunder Heavy breathing, I'm seeing red Pull it together, pull it together Can't escape as the bombs detonate in my head Run and hide in pink noise and thunder Teeth clenched, I'm seeing red Can't escape the static on the back of my eyelids My boss and teachers say I just need to find my focus But I don't hear them, their chewing gum is all I notice The downstairs neighbors laugh it rattles something in my soul Why does their happiness make me feel so out of control? Imagine going through life The background noise is turned up to 11 It eats away at your insides until there's nothing left Imagine going through life The background noise is turned up to 11 It eats away at your, it eats away at your insides Until the only thing left The only thing left is your own destruction

Sixteen, passive masochist Paralyzed by my desires Seeking pleasure in powerlessness And furnishing my soul with ruthless sentiments To satisfy my emptiness I'd do anything I've tried pain I've tried abandoning control When those failed me I thought fucking would finally make me whole Now the home I'd built inside myself was a torture chamber And the only lover left to hold me was my inner sadist Sometimes I wish someone outside of me Would take the reigns from her But she's the only one I trust to be my Punisher She gives me what I need Whether I'm on the wheel or bound by my hands and feet She makes me bleed, but I don't mind I can take it, I'll submit, I'll resign If you remind me how it felt to be scared for the first time Hair on end, adrenaline coursing through my veins She makes me bleed but I can take it I'll submit, I'll submit every time If you remind me what it felt like to be scared for the first time Remind me how it felt to be scared for the first time Sometimes I wish someone outside of me Would take the reigns from her But she's the only one I trust to be my punisher Sometimes I wish someone outside of me Would take the reigns from her There's no one that can hurt me like my punisher There's no one that can hurt me like my punisher There's no one that can hurt me like my punisher There's no one else that can hurt me anymore

Mare, oh Mare You prophetic monster Mirror to my psyche Straddling my body Every night I'm scrying See corpse woman crying Mare, my Mare You horrible monster Don't be scared of what's below (It's better the devil you know than the devil you don't) Get down, get down with your shadow You can trust me I'll be the devil on your shoulder Mare, oh Mare You devious monster Pinch myself to feel Show me what is real Entangled, we're screaming Remember I'm dreaming Mare, night Mare You forsaken monster Don't be scared of what's below (It's better the devil you know than the devil you don't) Get down, get down with your shadow (You can trust me, I'll be the devil on your shoulder) Don't be scared of what's below (It's better the devil you know than the devil you don't) When there's a world outside your window Here I am, lying down to sleep No nightmare shall plague me anymore God, please put me out to pasture My body's callused, my heart's fractured Filled me with secrets, filled me with lies Filled me with their violent desires