[Intro – Flatline Pulse] DON'T! YOU! KNOW! WHAT! YOU! ARE! (FLATLINE PULSE ACCELERATES) [Verse 1 – Trochaic Cascade + Verse-Reverse] YOU ARE THE RUST ON THE BLADE OF AMBITION!!! ---AMBITION'S BLADE RUSTS BECAUSE OF YOU! YOU ARE THE STATIC BETWEEN SIGNAL AND SILENCE! ---SILENCE AND SIGNAL! STATIC MADE TRUE! YOU ARE THE ASH IN THE MOUTH OF THE MORNING! ---MORNING MOUTH TASTES THE ASH YOU BREW! YOU ARE THE STAIN THAT WON'T WASH FROM THE MIRROR! ---MIRROR REFLECTS THE STAIN THAT'S YOU! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! (SCREAMED) [Verse 2 – Building Degradation] YOU ARE THE CRACK IN THE FOUNDATION OF PURPOSE! ---PURPOSE CRUMBLES WHERE CRACKS PURSUE! YOU ARE THE LEAK IN THE HULL OF ENDEAVOR! ---ENDEAVOR DROWNS IN LEAKS FROM YOU! YOU ARE THE GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM OF MEANING! ---MEANING CORRUPTS WHEN GLITCHES ENSUE! YOU ARE THE VOID WHERE THE LIGHT SHOULD BE BURNING! ---BURNING LIGHT DIES IN VOIDS LIKE YOU! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! (SCREAMED WITH INTENSITY) [Verse 3 – Accelerating Collapse] YOU ARE THE ROT AT THE ROOT OF BECOMING! ---BECOMING DECAYS FROM ROT STRAIGHT THROUGH! YOU ARE THE WEIGHT THAT COLLAPSES THE STRUCTURE! ---STRUCTURE FAILS UNDER WEIGHT OF YOU! YOU ARE THE ABSENCE DISGUISED AS EXISTENCE! ---EXISTENCE DISSOLVES IN ABSENCE YOU SPEW! YOU ARE THE ECHO THAT MURDERS THE SOUND! ---SOUND DIES IN ECHOES SURROUNDING YOU! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! (LUNG-BURSTING SCREAM) [Verse 4 – Maximum Density] YOU ARE THE POISON PRETENDING IT'S MEDICINE! ---MEDICINE FAILS WHEN POISON'S THE BREW! YOU ARE THE PARASITE CLAIMING IT'S SYMBIONT! ---SYMBIONT DIES WHEN PARASITES RULE! YOU ARE THE FUNERAL MASKED AS A BIRTHDAY! ---BIRTHDAY BECOMES THE FUNERAL DUE! YOU ARE THE ERASURE THAT SPEAKS IN FIRST PERSON! ---FIRST PERSON ERASED! REPLACED BY YOU! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! (RAW GROWL) [Bridge – Spondee Hammer] WORM!!! FOOD!!! BREATH!!! WASTE!!! BLOOD!!! SPOILED!!! NAME!!! ERASED!!! MEAT!!! ROT!!! HOPE!!! SHOT!!! SOUL!!! BOUGHT!!! MEANING!!! NOT!!! (LOW, PUMMELING) [Final Chorus – 280 BPM Detonation] DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! WALKING WASTE!!! BREATHING FAILURE!!! LIVING STAIN!!! CONSTANT ERROR!!! FLESH WITHOUT FUNCTION!!! VOICE WITHOUT WORTH!!! SHADOW WITHOUT SUBSTANCE!!! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! (FINAL, SUSTAINED SCREAM) [Outro – Reverse Decay] YOU!!! (NOISE CUTS)
