Echoes

Lyrics

[Intro] I know only what I hear Silence, all I've come to fear While sleeping, I dream of A house where secrets bleed Your echoes, I see them The crutch on which I lean [Verse 1] Do I trust my gut feeling or perception? Adhere to eerie intuition for direction? Stripped of my sight, but I still got vision I'll follow my calling, but all that I can do now is listen A rope, a ticket, an apple, an axe Something I dreamed, what does it mean? Feels like all of the walls are closing in And something is hunting for me In echo bluff, you never trust your eyes Because they're gonna deceive Maybe hearing is enough I wouldn't even wanna see Doors squeaking, floors creaking, hear that hoarse breathing Tormented ghosts around me, no more sleepin' I'm followed by a faceless phantom in a cowl If the ground on which I walk is hallowed, why's it smelling foul? Am I bound to be another headcount upon the gallows Every scream swallowed by the wind as the wicked winter howls Unforgiven, unforgotten sins balanced with revenge Listen to the memories' echoes and then you can repent A fire burns, the house has woken Evil stirs, got the embers stoking Can this curse ever be broken? Too bad the verdict's already spoken Sunken secrets surface and now they're floatin' Past and present become interwoven Fear the presence, you can even hear the omens Some doors are best left unopened Some doors are best left unopened [Chorus] Am I afflicted? (You are afflicted) Or am I gifted? (Or am I gifted?) My world is sightless I'll never get home Unless I'm guided By the light of your echoes [Verse 2] I trust my senses (Why trust your senses?) Truth is enlightening (Truth can be blinding) Raise my defenses (Break your defenses) What are you hiding (Why are you hiding?) Drawn in, like moths to the flame Justice sought out from the grave Unfinished business No peace in death I'm coming for you To put you to rest I feel my dread grow with every death throe Like a rope around my neck, chokin' me, hope it lets go The house can hear my every step, I'd better tread slow Voices in my head, it's like a record that broke Could it be magic? Perhaps an evil hex, no If I've been bewitched, wouldn't my sixth sense know? Skeletons in the closet take a step forward Will history repeat, am I an echo? [Chorus] Am I afflicted? (You are afflicted) Or am I gifted? (Or am I gifted?) My world is sightless I'll never get home Unless I'm guided By the light of your echoes