Check the Vitals

Chorus

You look like a ghost with a shaky pen

Holding a match in a wind tunnel again

Trying to bark but the muzzle is locked

Stumbling home when the entire world is shocked

I'm the king in the deck while you fold

Selling your spirit for a pot of fool gold

I am the crown and the sword in the sand

Watching you sink in the heat of my hand

Verse 1

You stutter and spin

Losing the fight before we even begin

Heavy the throne

Since I made a desert of what you own

Scribbling myths in a notebook

Cowering down by the river brook

I’m a mountain top view

Better watch out before I crush you

Check the vitals of the track

There is nothing left and no way back

I don’t talk much

Losing my mind with a gentle touch

Broken windows in your skull

Watching the shine of your jewelry turn dull

Run for the shade

Swallowing sharp steel from the blade

Chorus

You look like a ghost with a shaky pen

Holding a match in a wind tunnel again

Trying to bark but the muzzle is locked

Stumbling home when the entire world is shocked

I'm the king in the deck while you fold

Selling your spirit for a pot of fool gold

I am the crown and the sword in the sand

Watching you sink in the heat of my hand

Verse 2

Check the calendar date

Waking up early just to show my hate

Static on the wire

Walking a mile through the middle of the fire

You breathe a lot of lies

Staring at the sun till you ruin your eyes

The verdict is final

Cutting my name into every new vinyl

Blood on the clock

Wait for the sound of the hammer to lock

Look at the map

Falling directly in the center of the trap

Quiet in the hall

Nobody here to pick you up when you fall

Sign the paper

Fading away like a puff of cold vapor

Chorus

You look like a ghost with a shaky pen

Holding a match in a wind tunnel again

Trying to bark but the muzzle is locked

Stumbling home when the entire world is shocked

I'm the king in the deck while you fold

Selling your spirit for a pot of fool gold

I am the crown and the sword in the sand

Watching you sink in the heat of my hand

Verse 3

Shadows on the wall

Building a ceiling just to watch it fall

Keep the engine loud

Dissing the rain while you hide in a cloud

Thirsty for the fame

Don't even bother to remember your name

Buried in the mud

Thinking you're fancy but you're really a dud

Lost in the woods

Stealing the credit and the stolen goods

Cold on the skin

Wishing that you could have started again

I pull the thread

Leaving the truth of the story unsaid

Wait for the flash

Turning your fortune into nothing but ash

Chorus

You look like a ghost with a shaky pen

Holding a match in a wind tunnel again

Trying to bark but the muzzle is locked

Stumbling home when the entire world is shocked

I'm the king in the deck while you fold

Selling your spirit for a pot of fool gold

I am the crown and the sword in the sand

Watching you sink in the heat of my hand

Verse 4

Glass on the ground

Never a person makes a single sound

Salt in the wound

Leaving the planet and I'm hitting the moon

Hunger in the chest

Never a minute for a soul to rest

I am the wolf

Drowning the village in a permanent gulf

Write it in stone

Living your life on a temporary loan

Open the door

Dragging your reputation across the dark floor

I’m the giant

Seeing the way that you're barely defiant

Blow out the candle

Giving you more than you're able to handle

Bridge

They can't hear you scream

Ripping the fabric of a wonderful dream

Going going gone

Waiting for me in the light of the dawn

Fade into black

Never a chance for you to double back

Chorus

You look like a ghost with a shaky pen

Holding a match in a wind tunnel again

Trying to bark but the muzzle is locked

Stumbling home when the entire world is shocked

I'm the king in the deck while you fold

Selling your spirit for a pot of fool gold

I am the crown and the sword in the sand

Watching you sink in the heat of my hand