Variable Ratio

Title: Variable Ratio Artist: Black Thread Union [Verse 1] Two AM in a room full of blue smoke Thumb muscle jumping like a wire broke Cornea itching at the pixel seam Looking for a pulse in an LED stream Salt on my tongue tastes like copper and rust Sifting through static for a grain of trust I haven’t felt a drop in the well all night But the thumb keeps moving to the right To the right [Pre-Chorus] The brain says stop But the knuckle doesn’t care There’s a ghost in the circuit And it’s pulling my hair I know it’s a trap I can see the copper teeth But I’m digging for the marrow Buried underneath Three Two One Swipe [Chorus] Pull the lever Swipe the screen The cleanest panic You’ve ever seen Just one more hit To clear the baseline state Before the twitch becomes A permanent trait Yeah, the twitch becomes A permanent trait [Verse 2] Skin gets sticky where the casing meets the palm A localized twitch in a digital calm They mapped out the animal inside of my skull Gave me a shock when the signal went dull Four AM and the house starts to cold Another piece of skin that was traded and sold My eyes are just glass spheres tracking a light Feeding on the bait in the middle of the night [Pre-Chorus] The brain says stop But the knuckle doesn’t care There’s a ghost in the circuit And it’s pulling my hair I know it’s a trap I can see the copper teeth But I’m digging for the marrow Buried underneath Three Two One Hit me [Chorus] Pull the lever Swipe the screen The cleanest panic You’ve ever seen Just one more hit To clear the baseline state Before the twitch becomes A permanent trait Yeah, the twitch becomes A permanent trait [Bridge] It’s an IV drip in a sterile room A loaded magazine in a barcode bloom They didn’t build a cage with an iron bar They put a mirror where the metrics are Count the numbers Watch the blood flow down Turn the lever Watch the animal drown Watch the animal drown [Final Chorus] Pull the lever Swipe the screen The cleanest panic You’ve ever seen Just one more hit To clear the baseline state Before the twitch becomes A permanent trait Pull the lever Swipe the screen The cleanest panic You’ve ever seen The thumb keeps moving The eyes stay awake The twitch becomes A permanent trait [Outro] Three Two One Swipe Three Two One Hit me