We lay face down in pale solitude
To save face, we pulled our walls in front of you
To the same place where we danced in front of you
We fell from grace and watched the hope fall from your face

This isn't me I used to say
All the love was so gone
It feels good to be alive
I've been dead for so long

And all those broken promises
I can't face, afraid if someone notices, i lose my place
Fractured, broken, paralyzed
I need some space, tear me open, analyze

This isn't me I used to say
All the love was so gone
It feels good to be alive
I've been dead for so long

Wake up screaming, I'm awake and dreaming
And I won't stop breathing until my heart stops beating

This isn't me I used to say
All the love was so gone
It feels good to be alive
I've been dead for so long

'My Throat Is An Open Grave' is taken from Romans 3:13, where the Bible
speaks about the powers of sin that bind us and cause us to fall short of
God's glory. It says: "None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands,
no one seeks for God. All have turned aside, together they have gone wrong;
no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave, they use
their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips." In the
song, it tells about the gift of grace given by God despite our sinful
nature, and how good it feels to know that you have everlasting life because