[INTRO — PROCESSIONAL DRUMS, DISTANT CHOIR] Before the garden Before the wall Before the hand That promised all There was a question There was a plan How do you perfect The animal? [VERSE 1 — FATHER] We cured the fever We conquered age We built a kingdom Outside the grave We starved the hunger We silenced the gun We took the struggle And called it done No more masters No more slaves No more children No more graves We thought we'd solved The human condition We only removed The contradiction. [VERSE 2 — ZED] Then why the hunger Beyond the glass? Why do the living Dream of the past? Why do the peaceful Long for the knife? Why do the deathless Beg for a life? [FATHER — COLD, ALMOST TENDER] Because a thing without opposites Has nowhere left to go. You cannot know the warmth Without the cold. You cannot choose If nothing can be lost. You cannot live forever Without paying the cost. [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE] THE SINS OF THE FATHER THE BLOOD OF THE SON YOU BUILT A PERFECT WORLD WITH NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN YOU BURIED THE QUESTION YOU WORSHIPPED THE LIE YOU MADE YOUR OWN GOD THEN TAUGHT IT TO FLY [VERSE 3 — THE REVEAL] You want to know what Zardoz was? A mouth. A mask. A moving lie. A god made large enough To fill the sky. The gun was never sacred. The book was never law. The whole world was a theater. And you were born To break the awe. [BUILD — FATHER CONFESSES] We sent the word We shaped the creed We taught them hatred We cultivated need We made the faithful We made the prey We made the weapon And sent it our way [BREAK — SILENCE] I HELPED TO MAKE YOU. [ZED] You made the story. You didn't make me. [HEAVY RIFF — FULL BAND] [BRIDGE — THE PHILOSOPHY TURNS] Order needs chaos The seed needs decay The hand needs a reason To reach for the day Peace without danger Is sleep without dreams A world without friction Comes apart at the seams You cannot abolish The things you despise You lock them below Then they grow in size [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE, CHAOTIC] THE SINS OF THE FATHER THE BLOOD OF THE SON YOU BUILT A PERFECT WORLD WITH NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN YOU BURIED THE QUESTION YOU WORSHIPPED THE LIE YOU MADE YOUR OWN GOD NOW WATCH YOUR GOD DIE [OUTRO — DRUMS FALL AWAY, LOW SYNTH REMAINS] Father built the garden. Father built the wall. Father built the mouth That swallowed us all. He gave the world a god. He gave the god a name. He gave the world a monster— And taught it whom to blame. [WHISPERED] You wanted a savior. You bred one. You should have asked What he was saving you from.
