[Verse 1: Michael Veneris]
It's time to bury my burdens
I don't expect you to understand
I've been so lost and uncertain
Chained down
I'd tread so lightly, watch how I speak
Still that kid you knew but you look right through me
I'm running away and I'll never be free, can't you see?
I kept watching you hurt yourself
[Chorus: Rebecca Horseman, Michael Veneris]
You permeated my mind
Poisoned me over time
Disguised it all as devotion
Was this your perfect crime?
[Verse 2: Michael Veneris]
Digging up through mounds of dirt
I wake up every day, alone and alert
I feel my mind keep replaying
The abhorrent words that I wish I said
Taught me I was never enough
Scarred mе
I savour the fire, the way it would burn
I rеceived a lesson I should never have learned
Inner critics a proxy, my true attacker
The pain, fear and doubt
[Breakdown: Michael Veneris]
I'll bite my tongue and bide my time
Aspirate the blood, I've done my part
Every faceless name, every baseless lie
Aspirate the blood, I know that I've tried
[Chorus: Rebecca Horseman, Michael Veneris]
You permeated my mind
Poisoned me over time
Disguised it all as devotion
Was this your perfect crime?
You permeated my mind
Poisoned me over time
Disguised it all as devotion
Was this your perfect crime?