Tool 1

Lyrics

(Verse 1 – Soft, hypnotic bass pulse) The needle trembles on the vein of now A spiral whispers where the roots won’t grow You traced the orbit of my willing wound And called it holy, called it letting go (Chorus – Shifting time signature, building tension) Love is the lock without a key Death is the door you swore you’d be I kissed the echo of your final breath Now every mercy smells like meth (Verse 2 – Jagged, polymeter feel) We built a temple from our tumorous trust Prayed to the rust of a wedding band You said forever is a splinter of lust I held your skull like a hourglass of sand (Chorus – Heavier, dissonant harmony) Love is the suture in a severed throat Death is the life raft on a burning boat You carved your name in my collapsing chest Now every silence is a test (Bridge – Quiet, atmospheric, then exploding) Beneath the gristle of the milky way Two shadows fuck to keep the dark at bay I saw your face in the MRI A ghost still chewing through the synapse sky (Outro – Slow, whispered, fading into feedback) We die a little each time we confess I am the wound, and you are the caress But even maggots need a warm nest So hold me now… …before we both undress.