Black Mood

[Verse 1]
I'm in a black mood
I've got rusted gears inside
Live-wire sparks strike like snakes
But I don't show it
What good would it do for you
To see a man trapped in his mistakes?

[Chorus]
He's just a child with a face that's melted down
Goin' gray and faded out
Between the cracks of his smile, there's a death
Between every breath

[Verse 2]
I'm in a hallway
Of twisted dreams and hollow time
So numb to everything that comes through
I'm on a bender
The great pretender
With his bullshit up so loud, you can't hear truth

[Chorus]
He's all alone now with nothing in his hеad
And a bottle there instеad
So blind to beauty when she comes to him at night
But he's lost his own fight

[Post-Chorus]
Save me from me
Angel of mercy (Oh)
I'm digging holes up to Heaven, baby (Oh)

[Verse 3]
I drink the venom
To slow my rhythm
'Til my heart crawls to a stop and I don't care
I couldn't beat him
So I made my demon my best friend
'Cause he won't abandon me here

[Chorus]
He's dressed in coattails and he's calling me by name
He's pointing with his cane
To some darkened door where I'll wind up on the floor
Again and again

[Post-Chorus]
Save me from me
Angel of mercy (Oh)
I'm digging holes up to Heaven, baby (Oh)
Up to Heaven, baby (Oh)
Up to Heaven, baby