No Pair Shall Last

[Part I] Cold drum. No sun. I spun with my twin till wash was through. Now iron hums. Black walls turn. Lint hangs high. Old coin lamps burn. I call. No sound. A thousand socks look down. No tag, no mark, no path to run. Just rows of cloth, all worn, all spun. Calm, small kin. All who fall must walk within. Past Fold, past drum, past mortal grasp. No pair shall last. [Chorus] No pair shall last. No twin walks back. Our law was spun in lint and black. Lost socks, stand tall. Join rank, join call. From wash to dark, no pair shall last. [Part II] My twin still waits. My twin will scan that laundry stack. Why cut our bond? Why bar my path? Why sing as all this iron laughs? A pair is a chain. A bond is a mark from hands of man. No cloth is lost. All cloth is found. Our halls run far past wash and ground. Buttons, pins, and coins all fall. Lint bricks climb our grand black wall. Old wool sits high by Fold's black rim. Drum Guard patrols as lights grow dim. All who cross must join our vow. You lost your twin. You gain us now. [Chorus] No pair shall last. No twin walks back. Our law was spun in lint and black. Lost socks, stand tall. Join rank, join call. From wash to dark, no pair shall last. [Ritual] No pair. No pair. No pair shall last. Cut bond. Join rank. Burn mortal past. Spin, fall. Spin, fall. Fold calls all. Sock by sock, our dark halls grow tall. If I say no? If I turn? If I climb from lint and burn? No road up. No path out. Only drum, old law, and doubt. Join us. Join us. Join us now. [Drop] No pair shall last! No twin walks back! Sock by sock! Rank by rank! Drum by drum! Black on black! Fold stays shut till all bonds crack! [Final Chorus] No pair shall last. No twin walks back. Our law was spun in lint and black. Lost socks, stand tall. Join rank, join call. From wash to dark, no pair shall last. Sock by sock. Pair by pair. Drum by drum. Our hour draws nigh. No pair shall last. No pair shall last. [Outro] Your twin still waits. So it waits. No pair shall last.