From the recording Mechanical Heart
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I came in with my knuckles split
Your pretty lie still tastes like rust
You keep my name behind your teeth
Like it can save you from the dust
I watched the floor take every vow
I watched the walls learn how to bend
Now your pretty lie is choking loud
And I won't let it speak again
[Pre-Chorus]
Count it down
Feel it crack
One more hit
Then it snaps
[Chorus]
Broken teeth, clean signal
Say it again, say it again
Broken teeth, clean signal
I hear you crawl in the end
Broken teeth, clean signal
You can’t hide in my head
Broken teeth, clean signal
I bite back
[Verse 2]
There’s a stain where your hands were warm
On the door and on my skin
I washed and washed, but the mark stayed on
Like a brand from where you’d been
You sold me silence, wrapped in gold
Then left me with the frame
Now every room you thought you owned
Just spits your shadow back in pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Count it down
Feel it crack
One more hit
Then it snaps
[Chorus]
Broken teeth, clean signal
Say it again, say it again
Broken teeth, clean signal
I hear you crawl in the end
Broken teeth, clean signal
You can’t hide in my head
Broken teeth, clean signal
I bite back
[Bridge]
[Half-time]
If I go under, I go mean
If I come back, I come red
I kept your ghost on a short chain
Till it learned to beg instead
Tell me what you came here for
Now the mirror knows your face
I don’t need your mercy, no
I just need you out of this place
[Final Chorus]
Broken teeth, clean signal
Say it again, say it again
Broken teeth, clean signal
I hear you crawl in the end
Broken teeth, clean signal
You can’t hide in my head
Broken teeth, clean signal
I bite back
[Outro]
I bite back
I bite back
Broken teeth, clean signal