"The Shallow Gaze" lyrics
(feat. Darius Tehrani)
Not all silence is peace
Some of it just waits for the kill
The room never changed
Just the things I stopped looking at
Names turned to noise
Faces blurred into function
I memorized how to disappear
With my eyes open
Never blink
Never flinch
I just let the weight press
Until I stopped feeling it
They talk like survival's a badge
But wear it like perfume
Fading fast when the blood's not theirs
I watched them sink their teeth in me
They called it care
They called it closeness
It was only a leverage
Well I stay unimpressed every time
So go fuck yourself
Another body to bulldoze through
I'll bury them
Cut it off
Wear the face and smile through
Do you see me now?
The inner savage
When there's nothing left
I'll get the high off your expense
Left and deserted
Cut loose with a limp
I'll watch you fall apart and die
I bit my tongue
Until I forgot how to speak
Now every word's a blade
And I'm not sorry for how I hand them out
Nothing echoes back any more
Even the abyss learned not to answer
I gave it names
Gave it noise
Gave it reasons to pull me in
But it just stared back
And that stare felt familiar
Like every hand that held me with fingers crossed
I keep my eyes open now
Some of it just waits for the kill
The room never changed
Just the things I stopped looking at
Names turned to noise
Faces blurred into function
I memorized how to disappear
With my eyes open
Never blink
Never flinch
I just let the weight press
Until I stopped feeling it
They talk like survival's a badge
But wear it like perfume
Fading fast when the blood's not theirs
I watched them sink their teeth in me
They called it care
They called it closeness
It was only a leverage
Well I stay unimpressed every time
So go fuck yourself
Another body to bulldoze through
I'll bury them
Cut it off
Wear the face and smile through
Do you see me now?
The inner savage
When there's nothing left
I'll get the high off your expense
Left and deserted
Cut loose with a limp
I'll watch you fall apart and die
I bit my tongue
Until I forgot how to speak
Now every word's a blade
And I'm not sorry for how I hand them out
Nothing echoes back any more
Even the abyss learned not to answer
I gave it names
Gave it noise
Gave it reasons to pull me in
But it just stared back
And that stare felt familiar
Like every hand that held me with fingers crossed
I keep my eyes open now
