THE DEVIL SHIVERS [Intro – Whispered, Distorted Robotic Voice] I gave you patience. You mistook it for weakness. I gave you silence. You mistook it for fear. Careful now... Even angels have their limits. [Verse 1] I swallowed every venom, every knife beneath your grin, Let you dance upon my kindness while you called my patience sin. I turned the other cheek until there wasn't one to turn, You kept playing with the matches, now there's nothing left to burn. I was gentle, I was quiet, I was willing to forgive, But you confused my lack of violence with the way a coward lives. There's a monster in the mirror that I never let awake, And you've been knocking at its prison just to see how much it'll take. [Chorus – Deep Vocoder / Robotic Talkbox Harmonies] When the nice guy loses his patience, The Devil shivers in the dark. When the lamb abandons salvation, Even Hell won't leave its mark. You pushed the silence into madness, You fed the darkness with your lies. Now the saint has lost his halo, And the Devil fears his eyes. [Verse 2] I don't need to raise my voice, I don't need to bare my teeth, There are colder kinds of vengeance underneath a quiet grief. You mistook restraint for weakness, every warning for a game, Now you're standing in the ashes, wondering who you became. I don't chase, I don't threaten, I don't beg for your regret, But the consequences coming haven't introduced themselves yet. I'm not evil, I'm not wicked, I'm just finished being used, There's a difference between mercy and a man who's being abused. [Chorus – Heavier Robotic Layers / Distorted Bass] When the nice guy loses his patience, The Devil shivers in the dark. When the lamb abandons salvation, Even Hell won't leave its mark. You pushed the silence into madness, You fed the darkness with your lies. Now the saint has lost his halo, And the Devil fears his eyes. [Bridge – Ominous Felt Piano / Whispered Vocoder] Tick... tick... tick... That's the sound of patience dying. Click... click... click... That's the sound of doors closing. You wanted a demon? You summoned a storm? You wanted destruction? You should've left kindness alone. [Breakdown – Deep Robotic Talkbox, Slow and Menacing] I. WAS. KIND. NOT. BLIND. I. WAS. CALM. NOT. DISARMED. I. FORGAVE. NOT. FORGOT. YOU. CROSSED. THE. LAST. DOT. [Final Chorus – Massive Layered Vocoder / Male-Female Robotic Harmonies] When the nice guy loses his patience, The Devil shivers in the dark. When the lamb abandons salvation, Even Hell won't leave its mark. You pushed the silence into madness, You fed the darkness with your lies. Now the saint has lost his halo... AND THE DEVIL CLOSES HIS EYES. [Outro – Fading Felt Piano / Distorted Whisper] The Devil doesn't fear the wicked. He knows what they are..... It's the good man pushed too far... That makes even Hell afraid and starved.... When the time comes, rapid and charged.... The Devil will step back....ready.....to.......carve
