Hollow the vessel Hollow the name Swallow the word Become the same They gather in silence, eyes to the sky Waiting for something to tell them why Words they’re fed as divine No thought behind it, just fall in line Hands raised high, eyes shut tight Tongues keep moving, nothing inside Scripture carved deep beneath the skin Gave up their will to be let in No voice left, no resistance No break, no distance They bend, they break, they follow instead They breathe in everything they’re fed Hollow the vessel Hollow the name Swallow the word Become the same One voice inside a thousand mouths No self to break, no truth to doubt Hollow the vessel Hollow the name The sound becomes the only truth Cuts it deep, removes the proof Every thought replaced in time Till silence feels like something divine No hunger left for anything real Only taught to pray and kneel They fill the void, they call it grace But nothing’s there behind the face No voice left, no resistance No break, no distance They bend, they break, they follow instead They choke down everything they’re fed Hollow the vessel Hollow the name Swallow the word Become the same A thousand throats, a single sound No self remains to tear it down Hollow the vessel Hollow the name I hear it now, beneath your voice Not thought, not truth; just illusion of choice It moves through every open mouth A borrowed will you call your own Repeat it Repeat it Repeat it Who put the words in your mouth? WE DON’T KNOW Then why do you repeat them? WE OBEY What are you without them? NOTHING Say it again. NOTHING Hollow the vessel Hollow the name Swallow the word Erase your name No voice survives, no self remains No thought escapes, no soul sustains Hollow forever Hollow the name Empty… empty… No thought… no name… No self… no need… only the will to repeat Gospel of the Hollow...
