# THOSE WHO KNOW [Intro] There is a river under stone. There is a word beneath the word. Reeds bend low without the wind. Something moves where nothing stirs. [Verse 1] They sealed the warning into clay, scraped out the name, then hid the place. By morning, every mark was gone except one line no hand erased. The serpent slept beneath the soil, cold in the dark, curled in the oil. No bell was rung. No prayer was said. Still, something underneath us heard. [Pre-Chorus] Don't name the word. Don't name the name. What sleeps below does not stay tame. [Chorus] Those who know, they know. Those who don’t, won’t know. Who can read the heart of God when the word comes down below? Those who know, they know. See the serpent start to coil. When the word comes down, the whole world drowns— Those who know, they know. [Verse 2] I found the tablet split in three, half in the mud, half under me. One side spoke of crowns and kings. The other side said stranger things. A mouth beneath the riverbed. A holy word the living dread. A serpent winding through the script, its body where the writing slipped. [Pre-Chorus] Don't read it twice. Don't read it slow. Some words are doors. Some doors go below. [Chorus] Those who know, they know. Those who don’t, won’t know. Who can read the heart of God when the word comes down below? Those who know, they know. See the serpent start to coil. When the word comes down, the whole world drowns— Those who know, they know. [Verse 3] I learned one word I should not know. The river rose behind my eyes. I heard the reeds begin to hiss. I saw the dark beneath the sky. The serpent moved beneath my tongue. The oldest sound became my own. I spoke once low into the room. Every shadow turned to stone. [Pre-Chorus] Don't ask me now what I have heard. I know the name. I know the word. [Chorus] Those who know, they know. Those who don’t, won’t know. Who can read the heart of God when the word comes down below? Those who know, they know. See the serpent start to coil. When the word comes down, the whole world drowns— Those who know, they know. [Bridge] No voice. No flame. No face. No name. Only the river under stone. Only the word I should not know. The serpent lifted in the dark. Its body bent around my heart. I heard no sentence. Still, I knew. And once I knew— the water moved. [Breakdown] Those who know... they know. Those who don't... won't know. Who can read the heart of God? Who can hear the buried word? Serpent under. Serpent near. Coil in silence. Coil in here. Word below. Water rise. Something opened behind my eyes. [Final Chorus] Those who know, they know. Those who don’t, won’t know. Who can read the heart of God when the word comes down below? Those who know, they know. See the serpent start to coil. When the word comes down, the whole world drowns— Those who know, they know. Those who know, they know. Those who don’t, won’t know. I have read the heart of God. I should never have looked below. Those who know, they know. Now the serpent starts to coil. When the word comes down, the whole world drowns— and now I know. [Outro] There is a river under stone. There is a word beneath the word. I used to wonder what it meant. Now I don't.
