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THE COMA is a side project from Tommy Gardner and Johnny Gardner, who both are members of the Los Angeles based band Machines of agony.
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Tommy Gardner, Johnny Gardner
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December 03, 2025
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MP3 9.7 MB • 188 kbps • 7:13
Lyrics
[Intro]
Veil thins.
Dust settles on the glass.
Scent of rust... in the air.
Just another dream... gone bad.
[Verse 1]
Skin like walls, closing in, a coffin of my own design
Clock's teeth gnawing at the tethered soul, a slow decline
Shadow on the threshold, not a friend, just an older me
Whispering the secrets of the void, eternally
I trace the lines upon my palms, a map of cracked terrain
Every failed escape, a scar, a self-inflicted pain
This gilded cage, its bars unseen, forged from fear and grace
A beautiful prison, painted on my own damn fucked-up face.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every breath, a crack in the plaster,
Every heartbeat, a shudder, faster, faster!
Flesh remembers what the mind forgets to fight
The creeping chill of the encroaching night.
[Chorus]
I stare into the BLACK MIRROR, the void stares back with teeth!
My own face, a stranger, rotting from beneath!
The GREAT FILTER, finally here, the ultimate release!
This raw edge, this final cut, finding no fucking peace!
SCREAMING 'til the air is thin, 'til the throat begins to tear!
Taste the ash, the bitter end, the absolute despair!
This is the end of everything, the closing of the gate!
Confronting the abyss, sealed by my own damn fate!
[Verse 2]
Worms in the fabric of thought, a parasitic, slow decay
The Foucault's Pendulum swing, marking off each empty day
Phantom limb of what was, still aches in the silent dark
Taste the mercury, sweet and slow, leaving its toxic mark
A memory of light, now just a static crackle, thin and weak
This shit-stained reality, the confessions that I speak.
Another sun descends tonight, another wasted plea
Just the hum of the dirt, waiting patiently for me.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every pulse, a drum against the wire,
Every thought, feeding the funeral pyre!
My own shadow stretching out across the lie
A final gasp beneath an indifferent sky.
[Chorus]
I stare into the BLACK MIRROR, the void stares back with teeth!
My own face, a stranger, rotting from beneath!
The GREAT FILTER, finally here, the ultimate release!
This raw edge, this final cut, finding no fucking peace!
SCREAMING 'til the air is thin, 'til the throat begins to tear!
Taste the ash, the bitter end, the absolute despair!
This is the end of everything, the closing of the gate!
Confronting the abyss, sealed by my own damn fate!
[Bridge]
What if the cage’ is all there is?
A grand illusion a cosmic joke?
Tear it down, limb by limb, this flesh I can’t revoke!
The ouroboros bites its tail, a cycle with no start!
Just a hollow, gaping maw, tearing out my heart!
I want to feel the cold! I want to break the mold!
Before the story’s done, before the silence takes hold!
[Outro]
Just the hum
Of the dirt
And the taste of rust
On my tongue
