Cold Defection

[Verse 1] Voices in my mind I could not escape They kept me awake Kept naming my fate MI5 and MI6 At the edge of my tongue Every door felt locked Every wire felt strung [Pre-Chorus] So I made my map Out of broken trust Saw the snow ahead And I moved at once [Chorus] My escape route My escape route Take me out tonight My escape route Defection to a place So cold, so cold But the name will not be told My escape route [Verse 2] I left no trace behind Only a bruised breath One train in the dark One hand on my chest The checkpoints blurred Like a half-remembered dream I was gone before They could hear me leave [Pre-Chorus] So I made my map Out of broken trust Saw the snow ahead And I moved at once [Chorus] My escape route My escape route Take me out tonight My escape route Defection to a place So cold, so cold But the name will not be told My escape route [Bridge] If you ask my name You'll get the rain You'll get the cold You'll get nothing plain I traded the noise For a white-out line For a life unnamed And a cut that heals in time [Final Chorus] My escape route My escape route Take me out tonight My escape route Defection to a place So cold, so cold But the name will not be told My escape route