Marrow and Mercy

Verse 1

Concrete

Cold under my fingernails

I bit the tongue that tried to pray

Bloody palms

Ash

I swallowed the smoke

It settled in my chest like lead

Stains on the floor

Heaving

I did it

I let the blade decide the ending

Chorus

Rip the ghost out

I am dirt

I am holy

Cleanse the red from my skin

Forgive the rot

Rip the ghost out

Forgive the rot

Post-Chorus

Wash it away

Wash it away

Wash it away

Verse 2

Black lungs

Sweat on the sheets of a stranger

One night of heat

Burning

I felt the demon laughing

Vile

Vicious

Vulnerable

I am sinking lower than the dirt

Help me

Please help

The spirit is starving while I feast

Choking on the fruit

Bitter

Sour

Salt in the wound

Chorus

Rip the ghost out

I am dirt

I am holy

Cleanse the red from my skin

Forgive the rot

Rip the ghost out

Forgive the rot

Post-Chorus

Wash it away

Wash it away

Wash it away

Bridge

Pull the darkness out

Pull the marrow out

Pull the marrow out

I am screaming for the light

I am screaming for the king

I am screaming for the end

Burn the sin

Burn the skin

Break the man within

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Rip the ghost out

I am dirt

I am holy

Cleanse the red from my skin

Forgive the rot

Rip the ghost out

Forgive the rot

Outro

Finally quiet

White light

Pure white

I see you now

Mercy

Mercy

Mercy