(Verse 1 — Low, detached, legato phrases) I watch the iron shield hold firm and cold, The fortification wall begins to fold. A breathless vigil in the static grey, As shadow architecture fades away. (Chorus — Powerful full-voice belt & gang-vocal shouts) I feel the heavy gate begin to fracture! Born from the lock, a violent new departure! The phantom cage is losing all control! The birth of silence, steadying my soul! (Verse 2 — Low, detached, legato phrases, clean low-pulse synth) I walk the arid path as it is clearing, The wilderness is calling, there's no fearing. A fugitive of time, I walk the line Between the human pulse and the divine. (Chorus — Full-voice belt & gang-vocal shouts) I feel the heavy gate begin to fracture! Born from the lock, a violent new departure! The phantom cage is losing all control! The birth of silence, steadying my soul! (Bridge — Lilting half-time electronic beat & pulsing synth bass) I feel the tearing anchors start to sever, The stone foundation standing there forever. The snatching wind, the pulling of the thread, Laying the ghost of every dream to bed. (Outro — Clean low-pulse synth cutting to total silence, then dry electronic beat) I leave the desert, watch the branches falling, To hear the distant, open heavens calling. Shedding the profit, shedding every skin— [Total silence] The empty place where life begins again.
