Lullaby

Cover your mouth

The wolves at the door can hear you now

And I think I see eyes beneath your couch

So

There's knives in the kitchen

They're stuck in the walls, go pull them down

We can still close our eyes if this goes south

Go say your prayers now

There's cracks in the mirrors

Your secrets are spilling from your mouth

But there's no going back from this point now

So

The wallpaper's peeling

I see your breath in the air, it's shaped like words

And the blood in your eyes in shining

Your fingernails drag across the walls as you unlock the door

And now the wolves are shaped like people

Their eyelids are all fluttering

Their hands are never steady

And the rainclouds leak in through the chimney

They're crawling up my back

I can't stop laughing, can't stop laughing

The wolves all dance across the ceiling

But the rhythm of their stops is like a heartbeat

Like a drumbeat

And I'm backing through the open doorway

This place is not for me

It's not my hell

I didn't paint it

So

It's written on the back of your hands

You know, you know

You've gotta pay for all the things you've ever thought

These bones are all you own

You've gotta pay for all the things you've ever lost

And then some

Now my head's come off

And all I know is spilling out into the ground

I'm watching it grow

All these vines will choke me

But I have to grin

It's a fitting end for where this began

I woke through clouds of syrup

And the world looked fine

Bad dreams are nothing special

They happen all the time

At least I think so