Monsters from Self by Splitmouth

Wash your hands clean of the guilt
You will yet not pass the walls I've built
Overstep another stone is set
Breach the walls but know my world is kept

Underneath the soil I tend
Don't feed the creatures bound to revolt
Monuments and gifts of trust won't
Unfurl my clenched fists

And the monsters will not go to sleep
They pry the eyelids open
Over the bed they lean
Whispering secrets
Black tethers
Hold me down

Cellar snakes and silver serpents
Climb the posts below the mattress
Heed our words and guard them closely
You need to change

But I wake up the same as always
No sage wisdom held to my chest
The mirrors tell no lies
Only truths that I deny

And the monsters will not go to sleep
They pry the eyelids open
Over the bed they lean
Whispering secrets
Black tethers
Hold me down

I will be a lantern on your path
But no one shines for me

But the monsters they won't go to sleep
They force the eyelids open
Leaning across the bed
Whispering secrets

But the monsters will not leave my side
Until I wake from slumber
I'll hear their tactless lies
Until I keep them
Shut-in cells
Curse my mind

• Extreme Metal
• Metal
• nu-metal
• North Carolina