Paradigm Trigger

The sound of static
White noise
Pixelated scenes I don't recognize
The void behind the eyes

Lost in a lucid nightmare
Illuminate the teeth
That dig into the mind
Violent and vacant
Separate the heart from the spine

Eternal oblivion
A labyrinth built with no escape
Eternal oblivion
Permanence feeds the conscious fades

The white noise calls out to me
Paralyzing

Underneath my skin
I pulled the chord until I found the end
Where dreams suffocate
Glimpses of a grave unmarked
No pulse from a failing heart
A knife in the dark

Numbed every nerve
But it was easy to remember the ways it hurt
Can't get much worse
As I lay parallel to this earth

I felt my body detach from my soul
Distorted visions of a place I've been afraid to go
The white noise on repeat
Calling me home

The sound of static
Suspended in time
The void behind the eyes

Separate the heart from the spine