[Intro]
Strange kind of phantom
Where did you come from?
Lighting up the sky just like a storm
You’re a thing of beauty full of positivity
Lost in a reverie just begun

[Verse 1]
But how can you feel so pretty
When your friends are itty bitty
And they treat you with such pity
When your back is turned?
Let’s show ‘em what we’re made of
Become what they’re afraid of
Caught in this charade, oh
Lesson learned

[Chorus 1]
So, come and spend a little time inside my mind
Where flames of the past will reignite
Your fears and your ghosts come out to play tonight
Take hold of my hand and hold it tight
I’m more than a sickness; I’m more than you know
Within this psychosis, far down below
Under the surface, the bad things go
Deep in the darkness, I’ll hold you close
[Chorus 2]
Thou shall not disobey
Thou shan’t be led astray
Thou shall eat no more than one quartered apple every day
I believe in control
No chaos in my world
I’m perfect and I’ll work real hard and starve real hard to make it work
And I will never tell
This life, a living hell
Voices after voices, rushing noises when I feel unwell
Willpower and success
My bones, they never rest
Pushing you and pushing me, and put my body to the test

[Verse 2]
Cut my hair and buy new clothes
Take laxatives and overdose
I won’t give up or give in ’til I’m skeletal and comatose
’Til I can see my bones
Jutting right through my clothes
Kneeling on the bathroom floor, two fingers shoved right down my throat
But I will never lie
But I will always lie
"Hungry? I’m not hungry! I ate earlier," my alibi
Thou shall not ever sin
Thou cannot be too thin
Feel the beauty in these words as you slide the knife against your skin
Against your skin
[Bridge]
Beauty in the darkness
Beauty in the darkness
You know I’m so heartless
I know how you love this
I can feel your weakness
We can rise above this
Trembling and restless
Give in to the sickness

[Chorus 2]
Thou shall not disobey
Thou shan’t be lead astray
Thou shall eat no more than one quartered apple every day
I believe in control
No chaos in my world
I’m perfect and I’ll work real hard and starve real hard to make it work
And I will never tell
This life, a living hell
Voices after voices, rushing noises when I feel unwell
Willpower and success
My bones, they never rest
Pushing you and pushing me, and put my body to the test

[Chorus 1]
So, come and spend a little time inside my mind
Where flames of the past will reignite
Your fears and your ghosts come out to play tonight
Take hold of my hand and hold it tight
I’m more than a sickness; I’m more than you know
Within this psychosis, far down below
Under the surface, the bad things go
Deep in the darkness, I’ll hold you close
[Outro]
So, come and spend a little time inside my mind
Where flames of the past will reignite
Your fears and your ghosts come out to play tonight
Take hold of my hand and hold it tight