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.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Like glass petals unfurling slow
In the shadow where the night will grow
A sheen of oil on water’s face
A perfect smile, a broken grace
I taste the dust of shattered light
And find the beauty in the fading fight
The air begins to hum a twisted drone
A fragile calm about to be outgrown
[Chorus]
This VELVET BRUISE, a sacred ache!
For every promise, something fucking breaks!
A lover’s grip, a suffocating heat!
Where poison’s sweet and sorrow’s neat!
[Verse 2]
The morning haze, a quiet dream
Then spiders crack the mirrored stream
A gentle hand, then nails will scrape
No room to breathe, no soft escape
We build our castles in the sand
And watch the deluge take command
The air begins to hum a twisted drone
A fragile calm about to be outgrown
[Chorus]
This VELVET BRUISE, a sacred ache!
For every promise, something fucking breaks!
A lover’s grip, a suffocating heat!
Where poison’s sweet and sorrow’s neat!
[Instrumental/Bridge]
Is it the craving, or the wound we chase?
The rush of blood, the fall from grace?
We find our solace in the fire’s glare
A strangled peace, a whispered prayer...
[Chorus]
This VELVET BRUISE, a sacred ache!
For every promise, something fucking breaks!
A lover’s grip, a suffocating heat!
Where poison’s sweet and sorrow’s neat!
[Outro]
Velvet bruise... (yeah)
Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Shattered bloom... (oh)
Sweet ache...
Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Who-a-oh-oh-oh-oh
...Tearing through...
