「Where Rot Dwells」

[Intro] [Verse 1] WHERE IS THE ROT THAT FESTERS BENEATH?! HIDDEN IN VESSELS OF FLESH AND BELIEF! CONCEALED IN THE MARROW OF SOCIETY'S SPINE! SPREADING UNSEEN THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF TIME! [Pre-Chorus] SEARCH THE FOUNDATIONS! DIG THROUGH THE LIES! THE DECAY IS EVERYWHERE! BEHIND CIVILIZED EYES! [Chorus] WHERE IS ROT?! IT LIVES IN EVERY HEART THAT BEATS! WHERE IS ROT?! IN TEMPLES BUILT ON SUFFERING'S CONCRETE! WHERE IS ROT?! IN SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO CONSUME AND CORRODE! THE QUESTION ISN'T WHERE— IT'S WHERE IT HASN'T SHOWED! [Verse 2] IN THE MINDS OF THE RIGHTEOUS WHO CAST THE FIRST STONE! IN THE SILENCE OF WITNESSES WHO LEAVE VICTIMS ALONE! IN THE SMILES OF THE PREDATORS DRESSED IN DISGUISE! IN THE APATHY WATCHING AS INNOCENCE DIES! [Pre-Chorus] IT FESTERS IN POWER! IT BREEDS IN COMPLACENCY! THE ROT IS THE MIRROR! REFLECTING OUR VACANCY! [Chorus] WHERE IS ROT?! IT LIVES IN EVERY HEART THAT BEATS! WHERE IS ROT?! IN TEMPLES BUILT ON SUFFERING'S CONCRETE! WHERE IS ROT?! IN SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO CONSUME AND CORRODE! THE QUESTION ISN'T WHERE— IT'S WHERE IT HASN'T SHOWED! [Bridge] (Spoken with layers of screams underneath) You search for the source As if it's external As if it's containable As if you're not part of it THE ROT IS IN YOU! THE ROT IS IN ME! THE ROT IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL WE SEE! [Breakdown] WHERE?! WHERE?! WHERE IS ROT?! LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT! DECAY IN YOUR VEINS! CORRUPTION IN THOUGHT! THE ANSWER WAS ALWAYS: EVERYWHERE YOU'RE NOT! [Final Chorus] WHERE IS ROT?! IT LIVES IN EVERY HEART THAT BEATS! WHERE IS ROT?! IN TEMPLES BUILT ON SUFFERING'S CONCRETE! WHERE IS ROT?! IN SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO CONSUME AND CORRODE! THE QUESTION ISN'T WHERE— IT'S EVERYWHERE THE LIGHT NEVER SHOWED! [Outro] Where is rot? In the question itself In the search for blame In the refusal to see That we are the rot We've always been [End]