Devoured By The Quiet

Teeth in my tongue
Chewing every word I say
I lock my hands
So I don't throw the world away
I pace these tiles
Counting every little crack
One wrong thought
And I know I won't come back

I am devoured by the quiet
By the sober thing inside
If I let it out in silence
Nothing living will survive
Should I surrender to the hunger
Let it swallow what I've been
Maybe mercy is the monster
If I let it win

Nails in my palm
Crescent moons of held-back rage
I taste old ash
From every burned and broken page
I see your face
And all the ways that I could scar it
So I drink my own venom
Just to keep you from my target

I am devoured by the quiet
By the sober thing inside
If I let it out in silence
Nothing living will survive
Should I surrender to the hunger
Let it swallow what I've been
Maybe mercy is the monster
If I let it win

What if I just give in
Let it scrape my bones all clean
Strip my habits from my skin
Leave a shiny, sharpened thing
Would the world be finally safe
If I vanish in its throat
Or am I saving you from hell
Every time I do not choke

I am devoured by the quiet
By the sober thing inside
If I let it out in silence
Nothing living will survive
Should I surrender to the hunger
Let it swallow what I've been
Maybe better if I'm eaten
Than to turn you into sin
(Yeah)
I am devoured by the quiet
And I'm begging it
To win