[breaking vulnerable vocals] [Verse 1] [Forceful , breathy baritone] IRON FINGERS CHOKE MY SPINE! TEETH. CLENCHED ON THE WHEEL. Until the skull splits I bleed the hours dry, just to call the divine [Break} [Verse 2] [weathered, gritty, visceral] Gut me like a deer hang me in the pines let the crows pick clean what I could not resign My grip FED! on shallow GESTURES! Black and thick as tar! Fingers broke and unfurled... And I grasped the design. [instrumental break] [Chorus] [sharp, convicted] Entrust the blade! Let the river rip me wide Bones break open, Spill the rot I kept alive In the letting go… the hollow sings [soft ethereal ambience] (the hollow sings...) [death metal/industrial break] [Verse 3] [weathered, gritty, visceral] Sacred symbols given meaning Spirit cleaved from endless needing Hunger squelched but I'm still bleeding Carcass bleached by sunlight not receding. Diamonds crushed in tightened jaw, flailing, pleading.... [Verse 4] [deterministic, final] Thrash my sinew like a storm Push my face into the dirt Burn my blood and give it form Spread the ash across the Earth Entrust my essence to the tide A beating wave that pulls me in Until the foam splits [Chorus] [screamed, guttural] Will it always be the same? Will this sun never set? Every moment drags me down as the ground slips But at this speed I may yet find A freedom from this shadow A death I won't regret... [Outro]
