[Intro - Sub-bass, distant guitar] You made my name your fear. Then gave it to the hunger that destroys what you hold dear. But I was never the hunger. I only draw near. [Beat Drops] [Verse 1] Child of Nyx, of Erebus' deep. Brother to Death— and brother to Sleep. No plague. No war. No blood I spill. I come when the mortal heart has gone still. I am Thanatos— the mercy death can wear. Not the wound. Not the fall. The hand that meets you at deaths call. [Instrumental - Heavy bass, sparse guitar] [Pre-Chorus] I never chose your final breath. I do not kill. I come with death. [Chorus] Thanatos. When the room goes quiet, take my hand. No judgment. No demand. The living keep their sorrow. You leave it where you stand. When the room goes quiet— take my hand. [Bass Drop / Instrumental] [Verse 2] You made my name a word for fear. Then gave it to the urge to disappear. [Instrumental Pause] [Bridge - Close, hypnotic vocal] Break it. Build it. Break again. Return to what destroys. You gave that hunger my old name as though I made the choice. The pull that turns against your life. The wish to come undone. I am not the voice that calls. I come when it is done. [Long Instrumental - Bass and distorted guitar build] [Final Chorus] Thanatos. When the room goes quiet, take my hand. No judgment. No demand. I never chose your ending. I only guide you through. The living keep their sorrow. It never follows you. [Instrumental - Heavy final swell] [Outro - Sub-bass only] Death comes first. Then I draw near.
