Lyrics
There’s a mirror in the room where I disappearedSame old face, but the eyes look engineeredEvery crack in the glass knows what I survivedEvery silence has a pulse, and it’s still alive
I kept my teeth behind a holy smileLet them call me weak for a little whileBut something underneath learned how to breatheNow it’s moving through the dark inside of me
I hear my name from the floorboardsI feel my blood change keyThe girl they buried softlyIs not the one they’ll see
Shadows awaken, crawling up my spineI was never broken, I was buried aliveNow the walls are shaking when I open my eyesShadows awaken —And they answer to mine
The dark knows my nameThe dark knows my nameI’m not running awayThe dark knows my name
You put chains on a storm and called it peaceTaught my lungs how to beg, taught my hands to freezeBut the lock got tired of pretending to holdAnd my heartbeat turned into a funeral drum roll
I don’t need your mercy, I don’t need your lightI made a weapon out of every sleepless nightThere’s a shadow at my shoulder with my exact faceAnd she smiles when I finally take my place
Wake up!Wake up!Wake up in the wires of my veins
Break glass!Break skin!Let the buried thing begin
No more shrinking in the doorwayNo more praying to be smallIf the dark was made to hold meThen I’ll wear it like a war
The dark knows my nameThe dark knows my nameI’m not running awayThe dark knows my name
Shadows awaken, crawling up my spineI was never broken, I was buried aliveNow the walls are shaking when I open my eyesShadows awaken —And they answer to mine
Shadows awaken, no more sleep, no more chainsI can feel the thunder learning my veinsIf I was the victim, she died in the flameShadows awaken —And the dark knows my name
In the mirror, I don’t flinch anymoreSomething smiles from the other side
And this time...I let her in
