[Verse 1] He came with ink on his hands And a broken mother's ring Said, "I need a way beneath What the priests refuse to sing" He read by cellar candle In the dust behind the wall Where the names were scratched in bone And the oldest page of all [Pre-Chorus] One page led to a cipher One cipher led to a door One door led to a hunger He'd never felt before The script began to answer Like a mouth inside a well And every answer promised A smaller, stranger self [Chorus] Deeper, deeper He went down Deeper, deeper No turnin' around He wanted the crown He wanted the cure Now the truth he touched Is the man no more [Verse 2] He learned the stars in reverse He learned the names of ash He learned the sigils that can make A mirror split and crash He traded sleep for margin notes He traded vows for keys He fed the lock with silver blood And the names of dying trees [Pre-Chorus] One page led to a cipher One cipher led to a door One door led to a hunger He'd never felt before The script began to answer Like a mouth inside a well And every answer promised A smaller, stranger self [Chorus] Deeper, deeper He went down Deeper, deeper No turnin' around He wanted the crown He wanted the cure Now the truth he touched Is the man no more [Bridge] At the root of the forbidden There was no beast, no throne Just the boy who watched his father Fade to dust and bone Just the vow he made in silence By the grave in winter rain "I will tear the dark apart And never feel that pain" [Final Chorus] Deeper, deeper He went down Deeper, deeper And he stayed down He found what he sought He broke the seal But the hands that held the spell Forgot how to feel Deeper, deeper He went down Deeper, deeper No turnin' around He wanted the crown He wanted the cure Now the truth he touched Is the man no more
