Shell of You

Verse 1

Twisted iron on the front gate

I finally made it back through the yard

Should have known by the way the porch swing swayed

Late night arrival left me feeling scarred

Pre-Chorus

Iron scent in the hallway air

Footsteps heavy like a leaden weight

Found you freezing in the kitchen chair

Met your ghost at the garden gate

Chorus

Blood on the tiles

Blood on the wood

I would have saved you

If I only could

Just an object

Just meat

Just a body

Resting by my feet

Post-Chorus

Why did you leave

Why did you leave

You left me

You left me

Verse 2

Sliced wrists leaking like a broken faucet drain

Red puddles spreading across the white linoleum

Held your hands but felt no pulsing vein

Nothing left but this cold ammonium

Pre-Chorus

Iron scent in the hallway air

Footsteps heavy like a leaden weight

Found you freezing in the kitchen chair

Met your ghost at the garden gate

Chorus

Blood on the tiles

Blood on the wood

I would have saved you

If I only could

Just an object

Just meat

Just a body

Resting by my feet

Bridge

Now you're doomed

Now you're burning

Now you're sinking

Down where the shadows grow teeth

Deep in the pit

Deep in the fire

Deep in the rot

Baby why did you jump off the wire

Chorus

Blood on the tiles

Blood on the wood

I would have saved you

If I only could

Just an object

Just meat

Just a body

Resting by my feet

Post-Chorus

Why did you leave

Why did you leave

You left me

You left me