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]
I crawl beneath the surface of this tattered skull
Nightmares whisper hidden rants, my mind a shattered cull
The shadow holds my secret fears in corridors of bone
A twisted oracle recites the lies I’ve always known
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the voices: venom, spit, holy spite
They claw my throat, they feed the scorn, they haunt this fucking night
[Chorus]
I’m tearing through the pieces I may find.
Bleeding out the poison in my mind
I’m rising from the ashes of my error
Swearing I’ll no longer be defined
[Verse 2]
Jung’s past unravels every falsified pretense
Archetypes in screaming chainsmy psyche’s recompense
Ouroboros at my feet, it circles, begs to bleed
I taste my own redemption in the broken creed
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel the voices: false prophets, sirens full of lies
They drag me to the bottom where my battered spirit dies
[Chorus]
I’m tearing through the pieces I may find.
Bleeding out the poison in my mind
I’m rising from the ashes of my error
Swearing I’ll no longer be defined
[Bridge]
In Shiva’s fire I’m dancinganguish fused with grace
I strip away the sacred veil, confront the god I face
My wounds are fucking holy, carved by inner hate
I choose to grow, I choose to live, I choose to recalibrate
[Solo/Instrumental Break]
“This is the birth of a savage saint.
Embrace the fucking chaoslet it consume you.
Every scar is scripture, every tear a testament.
In suffering, we cultivate the seeds of our own damnation and our salvation.
[Chorus]
I quake inside a moments capture
Scarlet truths pour from my mind
I rise within the wake of rapture
No longer fucking chained or blind
[Outro]
In thoughts I might learn to see
The wretched mask was never me.
From darkness I will form my key,
Self-forged in agony.
