Melted Frames

[Refrain]

What did you mean
That all of this would just go away
Over time, father?

[Verse One]

It repeats constantly in my head
All of the screaming and pain
If you were there, you would never forget

[Verse Two]

Film reels are burned in my head
He would show us when we were in bed
Only if we behaved

[Verse Three]

The only form of entertainment
Was a projector showing images
And the more it played, the more it frayed

[Verse Four]

He would sit in a chair
Overseeing all of us as we watch
The movie on the wall

[Refrain]

Why do you keep telling me
That all of this will go away?
It's burned in my mind, father

[Verse Five]

The smell of tapes burning
From the bulb searing through them
Is a memory I can’t forget

[Verse Six]

I remember the last film we watched
When Brandi was still with us
Was this slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy

[Verse Seven]

And a couple of nights passed
And we heard her being dragged up the steps
And the machines upstairs burst to life

[Verse Eight]

And we heard her screams
But we dared not speak
For we didn't want to be next

[Verse Nine]

And Micah came down the steps
Concrete on his clothes
And he put on a reel to distract us

[Verse Ten]

Then he went back upstairs
And we didn't see him for the rest of the night
We were left again in that dimly lit basement

[Verse Eleven]

And the projector just kept on rolling
All through the next night
Until the light bulb burned out

[Breakdown]

And it was dark again
Melted frames on the lens
And it was dark again
Melted frames in my head
And it was dark again
No light to calm my head
And it was dark again
Light no longer beams through lens

And it was dark again
And it was dark again
And it was dark again
And it was dark again

Melted frames on the lens
What did you mean
Melted frames on the lens
It would all go away?
Melted frames on the lens
It’s still burned in my mind
Melted frames on the lens
And it's not going away

Melted frames…