[Intro] I was never just a rumor (never) I was never just a tale (just a tale) You carved me out of terror I walked beside the trail [Verse 1] I wore a skull and tattered cloak in your blackened years (plague wind) When carts rolled through the cobblestones collecting all your fears (roll on) You called me Reaper in the fields of rotting grain (cut low) You watched me swing through harvest rows of sickness and of pain (one pass) But long before your paintings, before your iron age I was the hush that follows birth The closing of the page [Pre-Chorus 1] You see a skeleton I see a door (door) You see an ending I see more (more more) [Chorus] I walked as many faces Still I stay the same (same) You gave me cloak and scythe and crown I only carried names (names) I guided kings and beggars Through fire, flood, and war (through all) I did not start your dying I finish what you are [Verse 2] They called me Thanatos when night and darkness birthed my form (night child) I came like gentle sleep to those who left in quiet storms (soft sleep) In frozen northern stories, I was Hel beneath the ice (cold queen) In Breton fields I drove the cart that never rolled there twice (wheel groan) I whispered with the Shinigami by the paper doors (soft step) I watched Santa Muerte crowned in candles on the floor (saint bones) Different tongues, same work, same road, same shore [Pre-Chorus 2] You fear my robe (fabric only) You fear my blade (steel and story) It is your bargains Not my hand That mark the time You cannot stand [Chorus] I walked as many faces Still I stay the same (same) You wrote me into prophecy I stepped out of the frame (step out) I do not weigh your virtue I am not keeping score (no scales) I open up the passage You chose your road before [Yet Another Verse] Scythe swing, bell ring, bone dust, breath thin (breath thin) Crow flock, clock stop, plague cart rolls in (roll in) Digital halo, screen glow, blue light grin (blue light) Scroll scroll, soul sold, worn-out skin (peel off) Gods fall, stars dim, data grave spin (spin) New mask, old task, same cold hymn (hum low) You code, you clone, you build, you hoard (hoard hoard) I walk straight through your firewalls Sword of accord (clean cut) [Bridge] I am not the torture I am not the flame (not the flame) I am not the verdict I am not the blame (not the blame) I am the one who takes your hand When everything you clung to slips like sand (slips like sand) I am the word that ends the line So something else can write behind [Breakdown] Step (step) Turn (turn) Breathe out (out) Release what you were never meant to hold forever (never) [Final Chorus] I walked as many faces Ink, bone, smoke, lore (lore) You dressed me up in terror I was working long before (before) I do not ask forgiveness I do not close the door (door) I wait where all directions end And you become one more [Outro] When the last field empties And all stories shed You will know me without names I am the footstep in your head
