Lyric

I watch the mirror fog neon buzzing cold

Alley water shivers the gutter tastes old

Your footsteps smear the night like charcoal rain

I breathe in static my ribs hum with stain

A cracked bottle rolls glass sings like a bee

Billboard light flickers pale over me

The city licks wounds with sodium glow

I say I’m fine but the rust says “no”

I scrub at the feeling on my skin slow

Soap can’t catch the shadow under the glow

Heartbeat clicks like a bent metronome

If I run from it it follows me home

Only Nasty Remains only Nasty Remains

Every light feels cold every breath leaves stains

Only Nasty Remains only Nasty Remains

I rinse and I pray but the taste still stays

Only Nasty Remains

Bathroom sink trembles bleach bites the air

Metal on my tongue the static is there

A cracked tile maps veins thin silver lines

I count to twenty the clock coughs and whines

Elevator hum a blue hallway light

Paper cup crumples like brittle white night

My shadow won’t match it drags like a chain

I smile for you but it smiles with pain

Only Nasty Remains only Nasty Remains

Under cold neon rain every breath leaves stains

Only Nasty Remains only Nasty Remains

I scrub both hands raw but the taste still stays

Only Nasty Remains

I close both eyes let the buzz go dim

If there’s anything pure it’s far from skin

I hold one note till the night unchains

And only only nasty remains