[Intro] [Switch to Female 1] Three thousand years And I never spoke the whole thing out loud. Until now. [Verse 1] [Switch to Female 1] The full name sits in my mouth like something that could break teeth I have used pieces of it Never the complete shape Because complete always meant the end of the one who spoke it I feel the last construct stop advancing It knows the difference Even the dark recognizes the old authority When it is finally used without restraint [Pre-Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] Every earlier rite was a partial payment This is the remainder Due in full [Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] I speak the name of the binding The one we sealed with blood and silence It leaves me like a tide going out for the last time And the dark has no choice but to answer [Verse 2] [Switch to Female 1] The words are older than the language I was catalogued under They taste of forges and locked rooms and decisions no one admitted My voice cracks on the third phrase Not from weakness From the simple fact that the body is almost finished Still the name continues Because I decide it will The final construct begins to fold inward Not in pain In recognition of a law older than hunger [Pre-Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] Every earlier rite was a partial payment This is the remainder Due in full [Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] I speak the name of the binding The one we sealed with blood and silence It leaves me like a tide going out for the last time And the dark has no choice but to answer [Bridge] [Switch to Male 1] You would spend the last of it. On this. [Switch to Female 1] On finishing what I was put here to finish Yes. [Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] I speak the name of the binding The one we sealed with blood and silence It leaves me like a tide going out for the last time And the dark has no choice but to answer [Outro] [Switch to Female 1] The name is spoken. The last one is bound. And I am almost gone with it.
