Venom & The Mask

Sky turns black over Queensbridge

Something’s crawling where the concrete splits

I feel the burn beneath my skin again

Every heartbeat hums a foreign rhythm

I swing fast but I can’t outrun the call

Whispers screaming that I’m nothing at all

He sees my fear and he feeds on the doubt

Says “you’re nothing good without me now”

It’s not just me inside this head anymore

Two voices fighting on a burning shore

I try to hold on but the grip gets weak

Every breath I take is a word I speak — his

Black against red, heaven meets hell

I know myself but I don’t know myself

He tears my world right out at the seams

I fight the war but I’m both teams

Venom in my veins, shadow on my soul

I won’t let him take control

But he’s me… and I can’t let go

He laughs loud when my hands start shaking

Says “they’ll all leave you — I’m the only one aching”

He knows my failures, he knows my mistakes

Turns every kindness into glass that breaks

I saved the city a thousand times before

Now I’m the monster banging at the door

They cheer for him when he tears the street apart

But he’s just the shadow inside my heart

It’s not just me inside this head anymore

Two voices fighting on a burning shore

I try to hold on but the grip gets weak

Every breath I take is a word I speak — his

Black against red, heaven meets hell

I know myself but I don’t know myself

He tears my world right out at the seams

I fight the war but I’m both teams

Venom in my veins, shadow on my soul

I won’t let him take control

But he’s me… and I can’t let go

(slower, heavier, distorted bass kicks in)

“Let me out” — he screams in my bones

“Let them see what you’ve always known”

I’m not the hero they think I am

I’m the cage and I’m the damned

You can’t destroy what is part of you

Can’t kill the dark when the dark is true

I rip him off but he leaves a scar

Right where my heart always was… always was

(sharp stabs of synth, vocals rising in intensity)

GET OUT!

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

THIS IS MY LIFE!

— Or is it mine instead?

STRONGER! FASTER!

I’M LOSING THE GRIP!

HE’S NOT JUST A MONSTER —

HE’S THE PART I CAN’T FLIP!

Black against red, heaven meets hell

I know myself but I don’t know myself

He tears my world right out at the seams

I fight the war but I’m both teams

Venom in my veins, shadow on my soul

I won’t let him take control

But he’s me… and I can’t let go

(fading, low and gritty)

Symbiote, spider, tangled in one

Battle’s done but the war’s not won

I walk away but he’s still inside

Every quiet moment… every night

“See you soon, Peter.”

…I know you will.