Deep In the Earth

[Verse 1]

Excuse me for a minute

'Cause this won't be brief

I've been hiding these words

Under my tongue, protected

By the walls of my yellow-stained teeth

[Verse 2]

They've festered and broken

And they've rearranged

They've misspelled themselves

And now they're leaking out of my brain

[Verse 3]

They say ashes to ashes

And dust to dust

But my heart's made of metal

And the clasp's rusted shut

'Cause you left it out in the rain

[Chorus 1]

And if these are the last breaths

I'm breathing on Earth

Then I pray to God

You remember me when

My body is deep in the Earth

[Verse 4]

My back's ached for years

Carrying my heavy heart

It beats itself silly

And pounds through the dark

Sustaining a life that lives within

[Verse 5]

And yet was so desperate

To beat in time

It rang in your rhythm

And mimicked your rhyme

[Verse 6]

You can't blame it for trying

Or clinging to love

But love's left my soul

And I've forgotten love

And what's left is your smoky silhouette

[Chorus 2]

But if these are the last breaths

I'm breathing on Earth

Then I pray to God

You remember me

When my body is deep in the Earth

[Chorus 3]

These are the last breaths

I'm breathing on Earth

Then I pray to God

You remember me

When my body is deep in the Earth