Lies of Hysteria

I heard her singing through the hollow drum

She'd say the blade is yet to come

She paints the future black and blue

And shows me scars before they're true

Sweet melody, sweet blasphemy

She fed me futures lined with doubt

I fed her every breath of me

And let her bleed me inside out

Every night

I was drowning, she grew louder

Nightmares clawed and fear devoured (fear devoured)

She starves when I refuse to hear (refuse to hear)

Night by night

Lost my mind to Hysteria

Anticipation, coffin lined with thorns

I rot in grief before I mourn

She makes me practice how to break

But borrowed pain just makes me ache

Sweet remedy, sweet tragedy

She drank my grief beneath the moon

She dressed my wounds and smiled at me

And said the worst is coming soon

Every night

I was drowning, she grew louder

Nightmares clawed and fear devoured (fear devoured)

She starves when I refuse to hear (refuse to hear)

Night by night

Lost my mind to Hysteria

Count the scars, count the nights

Count the lies she fed to me

Now count to ten, close your eyes

She goes quiet when I breathe

Every night

I was drowning, she grew louder

Nightmares clawed and fear devoured (fear devoured)

Now she drowns, I refuse to hear (refuse to hear)

Night by night

Closing the lid on Hysteria

I know her name

I know your name... (I know your name)