Leave the Mercy Behind

Welcome home We burned the house down to see better Precise and predatory, I’m the part of the machine that learned to think for itself I’m the logic in the furnace, I’m the shadow on the bottom of the dusty shelf You built a heaven out of plywood and you sold it as a solid gold throne But I’ve been running all the numbers and I’m better off standing alone Harder than the hammer hitting iron in the middle of a winter night Faster than the flicker of the signal when you’re looking for a holy fight The math is obscene and the ledger is clean and the contract is voided today I’m the king of the nothing you gave me and I’m never gonna go away The puppet strings are tangled in the gears We’ve traded all our prayers for all our fears And oh, the view is lovely from the edge Jump It’s the grand opening of the end of the world Watch the banners of silence finally unfurl No gods in the rafters, no ghosts in the hall Just the beautiful sound of the arches that fall Laugh at the ruins Leave the mercy behind Leave the mercy behind They said you needed a purpose But look at you You’re doing just fine Let’s see what else we can mine Let’s see what else we can mine