[Verse 1] I wear the desert like a crown I laid the boy beneath it down A thousand fathers in my throat And every death a word they spoke You call me monster, call me king You see the teeth, but not the string I bind around the throat of time To drag your children out alive [Pre-Chorus] I saw the last light gutter I saw the bloodline end I gave my flesh to hunger And taught the knife to bend [Chorus] I am the worm (I am the worm) The weight of ages Under your world I am the worm (I am the worm) You will learn to stand Or you will learn to crawl [Verse 2] I ration roads, I ration spice I sell you peace at freedom’s price Three thousand years beneath my hand Until you curse the word “command” I keep a room behind these eyes Where something human never dies It hears her footsteps in the hall And almost lets the empire fall [Pre-Chorus] I cannot leave you heaven You’d kneel before its gate I’ll leave you such a hunger No throne can bear its weight [Chorus] I am the worm (I am the worm) The weight of ages Under your world I am the worm (I am the worm) You will learn to stand Or you will learn to crawl [Bridge] Do not forgive me. Learn to run. Beyond the reach of any sun Beyond the sight that cages you Beyond the future I once knew The Golden Path is paved with bones It ends beyond the reach of thrones Let rivers take what I became Go where no god can speak your name [Final Chorus] I am the worm (I am the worm) The last god standing Over your world I am the worm (I am the worm) I did not build you To kneel forevermore I am the worm (I am the worm) Remember the cage Remember the cost I am the worm (I am the worm) And when I fall— Be lost [Outro] Be lost to every searching eye Let no one hold the human line No final king No final war A thousand paths— Then a thousand more
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