The Old Way

By Catsclaw

On Perfect Death

Released on June 24, 2025

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Slowly sinking, that concrete feeling

Or something else as eyes roll to the ceiling

It's no secret what you do in the dark

I've had enough, I'll take the old way

Its calling

Giving up on making amends

Dwelling on the things that can't change

Running from a past that can't be seen

I'll take the old way

Savoring a permanent ending

The only way above me

Is at the end of eighteen feet of rope

When it comes to innocents

It's just as bad to sit the fence

I'm calling out your impotence

Therе's no mistake, it's weakness

Thе old way is calling

Taking everything until there's nothing left but

Payment in flesh and I'll return for the rest

Pieces from the face of the one who sees death

I'll take the old way (Old way)

Savoring a permanent ending

The only way above me

Is at the end of eighteen feet of

Try to confide and lie to save your life

I'll slip it on and pull it tight

Tell it to the ones that you survive

It ends where the guilty sleep

With her you earned your keep

Lighter than grief

I'll pull you off your feet and watch the short drop