Static halo

Woke up chewing on the ceiling
Tastes like rust and broken dreams
My shadow talks behind my back
Says I’m not what I seem
The mirror’s cracked, it laughs at me
With borrowed teeth and borrowed eyes
I stitch my mouth with safety pins
Still choking on my lies
Pre-Chorus
I tried to scream in lowercase
The world just turned the gain up high
Chorus
I’m wearing a static halo
Buzzing over my head
Saint of nothing, king of zero
Alive but mostly dead
Yeah, I’m smiling for the photo
With a hole inside my chest
Love me, break me, throw me out
I’ll fail the test
Verse 2
My hands are clean, my brain is filthy
Soap won’t touch what I’ve become
I learned my prayers from broken radios
Static speaking in tongues
They sell me hope in paper cups
It leaks before I drink
I choke it down, I fake the taste
Pretend I don’t think
Pre-Chorus
I bit my tongue to feel alive
It bled the truth I tried to hide
Chorus
I’m wearing a static halo
Buzzing over my head
Saint of nothing, king of zero
Alive but mostly dead
Yeah, I’m smiling for the photo
With a hole inside my chest
Love me, break me, throw me out
I’ll fail the test
Bridge (quiet → loud)
(quiet)
If I disappear tonight
Will you hear the feedback fade?
(loud)
Or will you turn the volume up
And dance around my grave?
Breakdown
No heroes
No answers
No clean hands
No chances
Final Chorus
I’m wearing a static halo
Sparking when I breathe
Built a shrine from all the things
I’ll never be
Yeah, I’m smiling for the photo
While I come undone
Pull the plug, I’m still screaming
When the damage is done
Outro
Static halo
Burn it slow
Let it glow
Then let me go