[Verse 1 ] Before the stars had learned to burn, Before the worlds had come to turn, I slept beneath the endless sea, And all creation dreamed of me. No name was given, none would stay, No light could drive my dark away, And through the cracks of time and space, I reached to claim the human race. [Verse 2] I felt their fear, I heard their prayers, Their desperate hope, their empty stares. A thousand souls, a thousand lies, A thousand little deaths arise. I built a world beyond their sight, Where endless day devours the night. And every time their hearts give way, I draw another breath to play. [Chorus] I am the hunger without name, The hand that feeds the endless flame. I am the silence underneath, The final breath, the whispered grief. Run through the woods, crawl through the mire, Dance for me beneath the pyre. Bleed for the stars that cannot see, There is no escape from me. There is no escape from me. [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3 ] My little saints of rust and bone, You need not fear that you're alone. I gave you purpose, gave you pain, And let you rise to fall again. Some hunt with rage, some hunt with grace, Some wear the darkness on their face. But all are bound, and all are mine, Their borrowed lives, their borrowed time. [Verse 4 ] The bell will toll, the gates will close, The blood will mark where no one goes. The hooks shall bear their fragile souls, While machine repaired till bell doth toll. And when they think the dawn is near, I'll take away the things they fear. For hope is sweetest when it dies, And terror blooms behind their eyes. [Chorus ] I am the hunger without name, The hand that feeds the endless flame. I am the silence underneath, The final breath, the whispered grief. Run through the woods, crawl through the mire, Dance for me beneath the pyre. Bleed for the stars that cannot see, There is no escape from me. [Instrumental Build ] [Final Chorus ] I am the hunger without name, The ancient dark that has no grave. I am the end that has no end, The wound that time cannot amend. Let every sacrifice be made, Let every hope dissolve and fade. The stars are blind, the heavens flee, And all existence kneels to me. [Outro ] Run through the woods, crawl through the mire, Dance for me beneath the pyre. Bleed for the stars that cannot see, There is no escape from me.
