blood and ink alt.
Unsettling lo-fi horror pop and dark electropop with a stumbling-to-steady groove: warped drum-machine kicks, off-grid claps, detuned synth bass, toy piano motifs, and glassy minor-key pads. Breathy vocals get tape hiss, bitcrush, and haunted delay throws; chorus opens with tighter four-on-the-floor pulse, eerie vocal doubles, and chipped digital arpeggios.
blood and ink alt.
Unsettling lo-fi horror pop and dark electropop with a stumbling-to-steady groove: warped drum-machine kicks, off-grid claps, detuned synth bass, toy piano motifs, and glassy minor-key pads. Breathy vocals get tape hiss, bitcrush, and haunted delay throws; chorus opens with tighter four-on-the-floor pulse, eerie vocal doubles, and chipped digital arpeggios.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Found myself back at the sink
Habit never really changed
Black gets caught around my fingers
Won't come off the usual way
You just walk inside and smile
Pull me closer by the wrist
Look at all the little stains
Then act like they don't exist
Pre-Chorus
Most people look away
You just lace your hand through mine
I still can't figure out why
Chorus
You hold my hands
Even when they stain
Somewhere between blood and ink
You love me all the same
I quit trying to explain
What I can't explain
Somewhere between blood and ink
You kiss me anyway
Verse 2
Tried to write your name one night
Black ran through the paper thin
You just laughed and looked at me
Said it matched the way I've been
Sometimes I hide both of my hands
Waiting for that look to change
You just pull them back again
Like they're ordinary things
Pre-Chorus
Most people ask too much
You just brush it all aside
Stand there with me every time
Chorus
You hold my hands
Even when they stain
Somewhere between blood and ink
You love me all the same
I quit trying to explain
What I can't explain
Somewhere between blood and ink
You kiss me anyway
Bridge
You called it ink the first time
I never said a word
Thought if you looked close enough
You'd see what always hurt
Still you traced the lines across
Every mark I tried to hide
Put your hand on top of mine
Like nothing was wrong inside
Final Chorus
You hold my hands
Even when they stain
Somewhere between blood and ink
You love me all the same
I stopped asking what you see
When you look at me
Somewhere between blood and ink
You stay here anyway
Outro
Found myself back at the sink
You hold them anyway.