These Black Claws (feat. SHAHMEN)

I've been approaching the surface for a year

I've seen emotions derail and disappear

“Go feed the colorful snakes outside,” she said to me

“Go break your colorful bones in a fight,” she begged of me

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws

I try to smile when I get bad news

Figure if there is any good left, I'll get that too

Blood is red, but the veins are blue

And my bones are every color on the spectrum between the two

Squeeze through the cells that we've been locked in

Kinda high from the loss of the oxygen

Head rush, flushed, dropping dead weight

My canine scrapes the last crumbs off my bread plate

Just head straight, no maps or no atlas

No matter how the road curves, don't end up backwards

Black birds circle brown dirt for the big worms

My bad dream catcher hangs high as it twist turns

Cities burn a bad smoke, makes my eyes itch

But front row seats to apocalypse are priceless

Life is hanging here, in these black claws

Staring at a white sky full of black stars

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

Someone stranded

Empty handed

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws