House of Ash(es)

[Intro – whispered with static] Cleave the light like skin from bone Symbols etched in marrow-stone Serpent tongues beneath the flood Drip from the altar’s blood [Verse 1] Sacred noise is back again Wounds from paths I didn't know I broke the veil again and then Let go of what once showed Cast it through the furnace mouth Rituals don’t head south [Break – distorted dual voice] You should bend now Is it rising or buried below? You name the source, I name the silence You name the source, I name the silence Name it, name it—empty throne [Bridge – mechanical, crushed filter] I don’t cleanse what's drowned I'm a mirror, not a myth You should bend now Is it rising or buried below? You should bend now Where do spirits go? [Chorus] So many velvet sins You wouldn’t dare believe (Under wings that never leave) I would bleed in line for this (A nail, a flame, a sacred hiss) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (Hearts like stone, pulled apart) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (The thread is gone, unwound in part) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (Like it always does, always does) [Verse 2] Colors from a drowning star Mark the pulse of where we are Winding paths that turn me And burn me in the dark Towers built on echoes Still I never found the spark Hollow choirs, broken glass Voices bleeding through Worlds that tear alone Did you ever feel it too? [Chorus – repeat, altered second voice] Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (No return from where we start) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (Threaded hearts pulled far apart) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (Always ends the way we art) Oh hush now, oh hush now Like it always does, always does (And never was, and never was) [Verse 3] The songs of dust still bind me Held me down each sleepless night I never found the other side Or rose into the light I closed the gate, I closed the flame And vanished from the rite again [Break – glitched and broken beat] That could’ve torn me free But I sealed each hidden sign I drowned in every silence Too much pulse can turn you blind I’ve heard the static choir And the silence scream in fire I’ve seen the shapes that rule the void And wear the mask of higher [Verse 4 – newly added] So many sacred lies Painted gold, then turned to ash I would burn in line for this To taste the final flash [Final Chorus – with second voice] Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (No salvation in the scars) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (Even light forgets who we are) Oh hush now, oh hush now Then it fell apart, it fell apart (What is holy breaks so far) Oh hush now, oh hush now Like it always does, always does (It ends again, because it must) [Outro – whispered with backwards reverb] I don’t cleanse what's drowned I'm a mirror, not a myth You name the source, I name the silence You name the source, I name the silence Name it, name it Crown of air Crown of ash Gone, gone, gone