A slip of tongue
These words fall like an avalanche
And I won't be ignored
My lungs expire
The water's getting deeper and
I can't hold in my breath
So hear me now
This distance is quite simply too much
To take in at once
My lungs expire
The water's getting deeper and
I can't hold in my breath

Malice on your breath
Your trembling hands speak of severed ties
In a language that not even God could divide
So lay your weary, burdened head upon my side
Sleep will bring you close to God
It will bring you close

Swallow them down, it burns like fire
Your words are the devil's machine
Keep your breath, you're leaking lies

Wait now on approaching sleep
The death of day, the great release
Where words cannot breed like disease
From lepers' rotting hands and feet

Swallow them down, it burns like fire
Your words are the devil's machine
Keep your breath, you're leaking lies
Like the cracks in the teeth of the beast

Swallow them down, it burns like fire
Your words are the devil's machine
So watch closer now as I slip and
I swallow my tongue