[Intro: Whispered, distant] (we're still here...) (Arrien...) (over your shoulder...) Glass eyes, gold wire Dust lips, funeral choir Hung beside your beating heart Never left Never far [Verse 1: Intimate] You carry us through every war Bolted saints to ceramite You ask us what the future holds Every single sleepless night We remember mother's voice Before the chem-fire filled your lungs Before the grafts and perfect lies Before the songs of poisoned suns [Pre-Chorus] You still turn your head to listen Like we never died at all Still expecting old advice From mouths that cannot move or call [Chorus] But we are the dog brothers Gnawing at your heels Rattling from your armour Where the grief still seals We are the dog brothers Chained to every sin Barking from the darkness "Let us in... Let us in..." [Verse 2] You parade us through the courts Like relics from a kinder age While gods and monsters trade their crowns And empires rot upon the stage We watched you kiss the serpent's hand We watched you carve away your name Every miracle you built Was fed by someone else's pain [Build] And still— You ask us if you're right And still— You ask us every night And still— You beg the dead for light [Drop] We don't know! We don't know! [Heavy Section] [Distorted Vocals] You should have buried us! You should have let us sleep! Now we're trapped in gilded bone Guarding secrets that you keep! [Death Growl] DOG BROTHERS! DOG BROTHERS! RATTLE IN THE HOLLOW CAGE! DOG BROTHERS! DOG BROTHERS! ETCHED INTO THE GOLDEN FRAME! [Breakdown] [Whisper Choir] Arrien... Arrien... Look what you've become... Arrien... Arrien... Father to no son... Arrien... Arrien... King of borrowed skin... Arrien... Arrien... Let the dead begin... [Final Chorus] We are the dog brothers Faithful to the end Neither curse nor conscience Neither foe nor friend We are the dog brothers Watching from the bone You can cross the stars, Arrien You'll never walk alone [Outro: Whispered] (over your shoulder...) (still listening...) (still watching...) Good boy... Good boy...
