Still Awake But Gone

Verse 1

Sticky gold over rusted rails

Limbs locked in amber haze

Voices cluster inside cracked glass

I cling to pain

Dripping, crawling, ache begins

Pulse slows, awareness blinks

Never alone, not even now

Ghost-lights swirl, a procession of sins

Chorus

Spinning, spinning—mind on the carousel

Shards of me scorch inside the spiral

Decadent honey—sweet rot on the tongue

I linger, I linger, I linger, I linger

Post-Chorus

Awake but gone

Still awake but gone

Verse 2

Clocks choke on sawdust, laughter peels skin

Carnival bells dig into marrow

My name, a broken code repeating

Fragments echo, echo, echo

Hollow clown wears my smile

Mandibles clutch secrets sweet and sour

I reach, my own hands slip

A single word—forgotten in the mirror maze

Chorus

Spinning, spinning—mind on the carousel

Shards of me scorch inside the spiral

Decadent honey—sweet rot on the tongue

I linger, I linger, I linger, I linger

Post-Chorus

Awake but gone

Still awake but gone

Bridge

Memory melts, golden drip down withered mind

Time splits open—inside I’m crawling, falling, pulling

Flesh becomes sugar, sugar to grief

Drums stutter, bells shiver, footsteps flee

Verse 3

Insect eyes staring, cold devotion

Children’s laughter a static storm

Abandoned corridors stretch, dissolve

I am just sensation

Hollow hands waving from the ride

Pulse flares, violent then serene

Oh, release—honeyed liberation, gone so soon

Chorus

Spinning, spinning—mind on the carousel

Shards of me scorch inside the spiral

Decadent honey—sweet rot on the tongue

I linger, I linger, I linger, I linger

Post-Chorus

Awake but gone

Still awake but gone

Still awake but gone

Outro

Fade through funhouse mirrors—faces flicker, fall

Released, not relieved, memory sticks, memory calls

Afterlife hums neon, thin and cold

One last glimpse—sweet pain, sweet alone