Tengu Mask v2

I found you under ash In a shrine with split-bone beams Your painted eyes were open Like you knew my hidden schemes I touched that carved red beak And the room began to bend Paper charms in blackened tatters Twisted round the ceiling fans Slip it on Hear it call Name by name Till I fall My pulse hits iron My thoughts go thin Something old Is waking in Tengu mask, bite my face Tengu mask, take my name Tengu mask, blacken me I wear the curse I wear the curse Tengu mask, holy wound Tengu mask, split the moon Tengu mask, feed on me I wear the curse I wear the curse Now I stalk through rain-slick alleys With a throat of broken bells Every mirror in the district Shows a stranger's hungry shell Ravens crowd the telephone wire When I pass beneath their shade I can taste the rusted thunder In the words I never made Slip it on Hear it call Name by name Till I fall My hands shake fire My skull is glass Something old Has taken grass Tengu mask, bite my face Tengu mask, take my name Tengu mask, blacken me I wear the curse I wear the curse Tengu mask, holy wound Tengu mask, split the moon Tengu mask, feed on me I wear the curse I wear the curse Beneath the lacquer There is a mouth It drinks the prayer And spits it out I hear the mountain In my blood A thousand wings A flood, a flood Take it off It won't release Put it on And pray for peace Tengu mask, bite my face Tengu mask, take my name Tengu mask, blacken me I wear the curse I wear the curse Tengu mask, broken god Tengu mask, feed the flood Tengu mask, bury me I wear the curse I wear the curse #OriginalSong #HeavyMetal #HardRock