These Black Claws

[Verse 1] I’ve been approaching the surface for a year I’ve seen emotions derail and disappear Go feed the colorful snakes outside, she said to me Go break your colorful 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 [Verse 2: 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 color 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 [Bridge: Shahmen] One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain [Bridge] Someone stranded empty handed One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain One straw in the drain One word that you failed to sustain [Chorus] We are returning to the ominous We are a lost cause We are committing to the dominance Of these black claws We are returning to the ominous We are a lost cause We are committing to the dominance Of these black claws