Ink and Blood

[Verse 1] Pages scattered on the floor Ink that drips like something more Every line I ever drew Now they're pointing back at you Kay, they whisper, don't you see? The killer's using your memory Necros rising from the grave Every panel's what you gave [Pre-Chorus] Pat is knocking at my door Says he's seen this all before Thun is watching, cameras roll Everybody wants my soul [Chorus] I drew the shadows, not the crime I wrote the story, not the time But when the fiction comes alive Who survives? Who survives? They put me on the witness stand With blood and paper in my hands I can't tell where the ending lands Who survives? Who survives? [Verse 2] Orphanage buried in the past Wounds that never were recast Every victim knew the truth Every death a stolen youth Pat says trust me, I don't know How to let the silence go Twenty years of hidden scars Now they're written in the stars [Pre-Chorus] They say I'm guilty, say I'm sick Say my mind's a dirty trick But the real one's standing near Feeding off my deepest fear [Chorus] I drew the shadows, not the crime I wrote the story, not the time But when the fiction comes alive Who survives? Who survives? They put me on the witness stand With blood and paper in my hands I can't tell where the ending lands Who survives? Who survives? [Bridge] Maybe justice isn't blind Maybe vengeance is a kind Of broken mirror we all hold To stories never fully told Pat, you saw me when they screamed Saw the man behind the dream Cat beside me, warm and still Proof that something's real [Chorus] I drew the shadows, not the crime I wrote the story, not the time But when the fiction comes alive We survive. We survive. They put me on the witness stand With blood and paper in my hands Now I finally understand We survive. We survive. [Outro] New pages, clean and white No more death, no more night Just the truth in every line And your hand holding mine