Messenger 2.0

(Verse 1)

The devil came to me

And needed no disguise

But like a frightened sheep

I couldn't look in his eyes

But he looked into mine

As I tried to glance a peek

At the mirror above my bathroom sink

My reflection wasn't mine that night

Something else stared back with burning light

Clawed hands gripped my shoulders tight

As whispers filled my head—couldn't fight

(Chorus)

Heart pumping, full of dread

Ears bled when he said

I've chosen you to start the plan

Picked you the cream of the crop

The messenger they cannot stop

The one who makes their empire drop

(Verse 2)

Cold sweat breaks across my skin

As shadows crawl along the wall

My tongue tastes copper, bitter sin

I hear their footsteps in the hall

The mirror cracks from edge to center

A spiderweb of fractured glass

Walking lines between heaven and hell-bent

As my soul begins to surpass

My fingers tremble on the basin

As something shifts behind my face

My bones feel hollow, spirit erasing

Trapped in this unholy place

(Chorus)

Heart pumping, full of dread

Ears bled when he said

I've chosen you to start the plan

Picked you the cream of the crop

The messenger they cannot stop

The one who makes their empire drop

(Bridge)

Teeth chattering against the chill

That burns beneath my paper skin

The bathroom light begins to fill

With shadows dancing, closing in

I grip the sink with whitened knuckles

My legs won't hold, too weak to stand

The mirror-thing smiles and chuckles

While pressing palm against my hand

(Chorus)

Heart pumping, full of dread

Ears bled when he said

I've chosen you to start the plan

Picked you the cream of the crop

The messenger they cannot stop

The one who makes their empire drop