Close to the Edge

(Intro)

(Sound of static, a deep inhalation, and a metallic clank that repeats like a clock)

Yeah.

Demons in the brain again.

Turn the lights out.

They’re already waiting.

(Chorus)

Chasing the ghost till my chest goes numb

Nodding my head to the beat of the drum

She loved me in the sheets, then she left me in hell

Now I’m breaking the glass just to escape the shell

Cold blood in my veins, walking on the sky

Close to the edge just to feel like I’m high

Close to the edge just to feel like I’m high

(Verse 1)

Clutching the mattress, the ceiling is spinning

The demons are laughing, they know that they're winning

3 AM shadows, they dance on the wall

I call up the plug cuz I’m ready to fall

Remember her face when she swore it was real?

Weaponized rhythm, the way she would heal

Love-bombed the trauma right out of my spine

Then twisted the knife and she told me I’m fine

Now sex is a weapon and love is a ghost

I’m burning the bridge that I needed the most

Pop two of the whites just to quiet the scream

Living a nightmare and chasing a dream

(Chorus)

Chasing the ghost till my chest goes numb

Nodding my head to the beat of the drum

She loved me in the sheets, then she left me in hell

Now I’m breaking the glass just to escape the shell

Cold blood in my veins, walking on the sky

Close to the edge just to feel like I’m high

Close to the edge just to feel like I’m high

(Verse 2)

My pulse is a flatline, the bass is too loud

I’m losing my grip in a smoke-heavy cloud

One foot in the dirt and one foot on the gas

How long can a fractured mechanic soul last?

The breakup was cold but the comedown is colder

Carrying worlds on a broken down shoulder

She used to be shelter, now she is the storm

I take what I find just to keep myself warm

Lips tasted like venom, her touch felt like ice

I’m paying the toll and I’m paying it twice

My heart’s skipping beats, I can feel it slow down

A king with no crown in a ghost of a town

(Bridge)

(Beat cuts out, leaving only a distorted, pulsing bassline and an echo)

Just a little bit more to forget the day.

Just a little bit more to wash it away.

Eyes rolling back, let the darkness arrive.

Sinking so deep just to feel I’m alive.

(Loud metallic crash, the full beat drops back in with maximum distortion)

(Chorus)

Chasing the ghost till my chest goes numb

Nodding my head to the beat of the drum

She loved me in the sheets, then she left me in hell

Now I’m breaking the glass just to escape the shell

Heavy metal in my veins, static in the sky

Close to the edge just to feel like I’m high

Close to the edge just to feel like I’m high

(Outro)

(The 808 slows down, mimicking a heavy heartbeat slowing down. The static gets louder.)

Close to the edge.

Static.

Just a heartbeat left.

Turn the lights out...

(The sound of a long, fading machine hum, then silence.)