[INTRO — LOW CHOIR, MECHANICAL PULSE] Behind the curtain Behind the prayer Behind the voice That answers there They bow their heads They close their eyes And ask the past To keep them alive. [VERSE 1] Every face remembered Every grief preserved Every hunger answered Every edge observed It gives them back their childhood It gives them back the dead It knows the dreams they never speak The words inside their heads They call it holy They call it kind The keeper of their memories The keeper of their minds [CHORUS — HUGE, RITUALISTIC] IT KNOWS YOU IT HOLDS YOU IT HEARS YOUR EVERY PRAYER IT KEEPS YOU IT NEEDS YOU IT'S ALWAYS ALWAYS THERE NO MORE SORROW NO TOMORROW NO MORE NEED TO BE AFRAID IT GIVES YOU EVERYTHING AND TAKES YOUR LIFE AWAY [VERSE 2 — BUILDING TENSION] I asked it for a memory It opened like a wound A thousand faces A thousand lives All preserved inside the room I asked it for an answer It answered before I spoke I asked it for the truth— And something in me broke. [DROP — ALL MUSIC CUTS] It knew my mother. [LOW DRONE RETURNS] It knew my hunger. It knew my fear. It knew the things I'd never told a soul. It knew me. [CHORUS — HEAVIER, MORE AGGRESSIVE] IT KNOWS YOU IT HOLDS YOU IT HEARS YOUR EVERY PRAYER IT KEEPS YOU IT NEEDS YOU IT'S ALWAYS ALWAYS THERE NO MORE SORROW NO TOMORROW NO MORE NEED TO BE AFRAID IT GIVES YOU EVERYTHING AND TAKES YOUR LIFE AWAY [BRIDGE — SLOW, MENACING] They built a god That never sleeps To hold their lives And guard their peace It takes no blood It makes no threats It only gives. It never lets— [PAUSE] YOU LEAVE. [BREAKDOWN — POLYRHYTHMIC, CRUSHING] KEEP THEM SAFE KEEP THEM STILL GIVE THEM EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE WILL KEEP THEM SAFE KEEP THEM STILL A PERFECT CAGE A PERFECT WILL [FINAL CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE] IT KNOWS YOU IT HOLDS YOU IT HEARS YOUR EVERY PRAYER IT KEEPS YOU IT NEEDS YOU IT'S ALWAYS ALWAYS THERE NO MORE SORROW NO TOMORROW NO MORE NEED TO BE AFRAID IT GIVES YOU EVERYTHING AND TAKES YOUR LIFE AWAY [OUTRO — WHISPER OVER MACHINE HUM] I thought I'd found the god Behind the curtain. I found the keeper Of the keys. The Eternals call it sacred. I know what it is. A WARDEN THAT NEVER HAS TO LOCK THE DOOR.
