Talisman

Intro

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Verse 1

Found it buried beneath the chapel stone

Wrapped in hide and human hair

Red as rust and wet as open wounds

My fingers brushed the cord

Something cold crawled underneath my skin

I heard a voice that wasn't mine

Pre-Chorus

It hums it hums it hums

A pulse I never asked to keep

It burns it burns it burns

Chorus

Do not touch the talisman

Do not touch the blood

Do not touch the talisman

Or you become the flood

Do not touch the talisman

Verse 2

My brother laughed and reached across the table

Said a charm can't hurt a man

Thirty seconds later he was on the ground

Foam and ash across his hands

I watched his eyes go dark and glassy red

I watched his shadow leave the room

Pre-Chorus

It calls it calls it calls

A tide that pulls me underneath

It crawls it crawls it crawls

Chorus

Do not touch the talisman

Do not touch the blood

Do not touch the talisman

Or you become the flood

Do not touch the talisman

Breakdown

Die

Die

Die for the stone

Die for the stone

Bridge

I am the warning I am the wound

I am the mouth that swallowed the moon

Pass it on pass it on pass it on

Someone else can carry the curse

Chorus

Do not touch the talisman

Do not touch the blood

Do not touch the talisman

Or you become the flood

Do not touch the talisman

Outro

Touch it and perish

Touch it and perish

Touch it and perish

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