[Intro] Pickled in silence, jarred in the womb, melt into marrow, perfume of the tomb. Needle and thread in a cradle of skin; (mother, forgive us); the choir drips in. [Verse 1] Glass in the gums with a peppermint sting, sing to the mirror, the mirror will sing. Suture my laughter, it curdles and crawls, scribbled equations on hospital walls. [Pre-Chorus] (Hush, child, hush; the vein still hums) (Hush, child, hush; the pulse still drums) We breathe in tandem, we choke as one; a thousand voices, a single tongue. [Chorus 1] Cradle of venom, rhythm and splice, kiss me in formalin, then roll the dice. You are the echo stitched in my spine, I am the venom that sweetens your wine. [Verse 2] Clockwork lungs in a carnival glow, heartbeat ticking where the dead won’t go. Paper-cut halos, (blasphemous) sign, count to eleven, forget the time. [Pre-Chorus] (Hush, child, hush; the womb won’t sleep) (Hush, child, hush; the cut runs deep) We break in tandem, we heal as none; a thousand corpses, a single sun. [Chorus 2] Cradle of venom, lullaby bite, dance in (apostasy), starve the light. You are the needle stitched through my will, I am the prayer that claws from within. [Verse 3] Marrow confetti, scatter the feast, a wedding of sickness, a banquet for beasts. Laugh in the chalice, breastfed cream, I am the nightmare that birthed your dream. [Pre-Chorus] (Hush, child, hush; the blood still sings) (Hush, child, hush; the carrion clings) We choke in tandem, we swell in grief; a thousand faces, a single scream. [Chorus 3] Cradle of venom, carnival womb, sleep in the shadows, awake in the tomb. You are the hunger carved in my chest, (I am the silence that murders your rest.) [Bridge] (Teeth-teeth), grind and crack, the cradle collapses, we wake from the dark. (Vein-vein), drip down the lie, (Me... We... Us...); we never die. [Final Chorus] Cradle of venom, toxin divine, suture the parasite into the spine. You are the cancer that taught me to live, I am the coffin with nothing to give.
