[Intro: Cold, atmospheric, distorted tremolo-picked guitar riff] [distant cosmic static] [tiny fairy chimes slowly emerge beneath the distortion] [Original Voice — Verse 1] I was the stillness before the first spark The perfect silence, the infinite dark A canvas of nothing, serene and sublime Before the infection of matter and time Then came the shiver, the cosmic mistake A fracture of light that caused me to wake From the womb of the vacuum, a parasite grew A screaming existence, chaotic and new [brief silence] [Lula — whispered, amused] A parasite? [tiny giggle] Ohhhh… You mean me? [Bridge — Original Voice] It pulses, it crawls, it refuses to die A feverish dream under a violent sky You call it a miracle, a gift from above I call it the cancer you’ve learned how to love [Lula — distant harmony] Love… Love… Love… [glitch] I LOVE IT! [Verse 2 — Original Voice] You build your empires on shifting sand With fragile spirit and trembling hand Every heartbeat is a war you will lose A debt to the vacuum, you cannot refuse I am the ocean, and you are the spray A moment of motion before you decay Why do you struggle? Why do you weep? I am the comfort of limitless sleep [everything suddenly drops out] [Lula — softly] But I don’t wanna sleep. [heartbeat] I wanna see what happens next. [Lula — Verse] Maybe I’m temporary Maybe you’re forever Maybe every pretty little thing Eventually comes untethered But I got four eyes open And there’s still shit to see If existence was a cosmic mistake— [tiny laugh] Then make another one with me! [guitars erupt] [Lula — screamed] I’M STILL FUCKING HERE! [Breakdown — Original Voice] The staaars are but blisters on the skin of the night I’ll extinguiiiish the prrressure, I’ll swaaaalloooow the light [Lula — layered scream] THEN I’LL LIGHT IT AGAIN! [Original Voice] Nooo more the hunger, nooo more the pain [Lula] BUT NO MORE LOVE! [Original Voice] Only the gray, the eternal refrain… [Lula — increasingly frantic] No pink? No glitter? No laughing? No crying? No stupid little songs at three in the morning? [inhales] THAT SOUNDS FUCKING BORING! [Massive Breakdown — Both Voices] [Original Voice] RETURN TO NOTHING! [Lula] I’D RATHER BE SOMETHING! [Original Voice] RETURN TO SILENCE! [Lula] I’D RATHER BE LOUD! [Original Voice] EVERYTHING ENDS! [Lula — demonic scream] THEN I’LL FUCKING SPARKLE ’TIL IT DOES! [violent djent breakdown + corrupted fairy chimes] [Bridge — Both] [Original Voice] It pulses, it crawls, it refuses to die A feverish dream under a violent sky You call it a miracle, a gift from above I call it the cancer you’ve learned how to love [Lula — overlapping, increasingly melodic] It dances, it screams, it refuses to die A beautiful mess underneath the same sky Call me a mistake Call me whatever you want— [high scream] I’M ALREADY ALIVE! [Outro] [instruments collapse into cold ambience] [Original Voice — whisper] Sleep… forevermore. [long silence] [tiny fairy chime] [Lula — whisper] Nah. [soft giggle] Wake up. [glitch cut]
