[Intro - Atmospheric Ambient] [Instrumental - Dark synth pads, distant echoes] [Verse 1 - Soft, Vulnerable] I built a temple in the shape of you Every stone carved from my fear I pray to a god who doesn't answer But I cannot stop kneeling here The architecture of my need Rises higher than the sky I worship at the shrine of maybe And sacrifice the word goodbye [Pre-Chorus - Building Tension] Tell me I'm enough (I know I'll never be) Hold me like I'm something (Before you let me bleed) [Chorus - Explosive, Cathartic] I AM THE RUINS OF DEVOTION CRUMBLING AT YOUR FEET I WORSHIP IN THE WRECKAGE OF EVERYTHING I NEED I AM THE ALTAR OF ABSENCE BURNING IN THE DARK I GIVE MY SOUL TO SHADOWS THAT NEVER LEAVE A MARK [Verse 2 - Darker, More Intense] You are the ritual I can't escape The only prayer I know I sacrifice myself upon the altar Of someone who will always go My ribs are caving in Under the weight of your leaving I built you into grace Now I'm drowning in believing [Pre-Chorus - More Desperate] Save me from myself (You never could) Love me like I'm whole (You never would) [Chorus - Even More Intense] I AM THE RUINS OF DEVOTION CRUMBLING AT YOUR FEET I WORSHIP IN THE WRECKAGE OF EVERYTHING I NEED I AM THE ALTAR OF ABSENCE BURNING IN THE DARK I GIVE MY SOUL TO SHADOWS THAT NEVER LEAVE A MARK [Bridge - Breakdown to Minimal] [Instrumental break - Piano and whispered vocals] I know... I know this is not love This is hunger dressed as faith I know... I know you cannot save me But I built you into grace I am the ocean floor Where light has never been I am the open wound That begs you to come in [Bridge Breakdown - Heavy Instrumental] [Djent breakdown - Polyrhythmic chaos] [Final Chorus - Absolute Catharsis] I AM THE RUINS OF DEVOTION DROWNING IN MY NEED I WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF EVERYTHING THAT LEAVES I AM THE ALTAR OF ABSENCE SCREAMING IN THE VOID I GAVE MY SOUL TO NOTHING AND CALLED IT BEING LOVED [Outro - Return to Atmosphere] [Instrumental - Echoing the intro] I am still kneeling In the ruins of my worship I am still bleeding On the altar of your absence [Fade out - Ambient drone] [End]
