These Black Claws

I've been approaching the surface for a year

I've seen emotions derail and disappear

Go feed the colourful snakes outside, she said to me

Go break your colourful bones in a fight, she begged of me

[Chorus]

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws

[Shahmen:]

I try to smile when I get bad news

Figure if there is any good left, I'll get that too

The blood is red but the veins are blue

And my bones are every colour on the spectrum between the two

I squeeze through the cells that we've been locked in

Kinda high from the loss of the oxygen

Headrush, flushed, dropping dead weight

My canine scrapes the last crumbs off my bread plate

Just head straight

No maps or no atlas

No matter how the road curves don't end up backwards

Black birds circle brown dirt for the big worms

My bad dream catcher hangs high as it twist turns

Cities burn a bad smoke

It makes my eyes itch

But front row seats to apocalypse are priceless

Life is hanging here in these black claws

Staring at a white sky full of black stars

[Chorus]

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws

[Shahmen:][x4]

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

Someone stranded empty handed

[x4]

One straw in the drain

One word that you failed to sustain

[Chorus][x2]

We are returning to the ominous

We are a lost cause

We are committing to the dominance

Of these black claws

• Artist:VOLA
• Album:Witness (2021)