VII. I Learned to Think in Eternity

[Intro] [Verse I] I woke within the echo of my doing Surrounded by the weight of what I’d done Each silence carried consequence Each breath, a world undone I had devoured without reflection Obeyed the law I never chose But now the void was asking questions And I was forced to know [Pre-Chorus] If I am function without feeling Why does guilt cling to my name? If I am law without a conscience Why do I tremble all the same? [Chorus] I learned to think in eternity To see beyond the endless night And in that vast infinity I questioned my own right Am I balance or extinction? Am I reason dressed as fear? When thought becomes awareness The end draws near [break] [Verse II] I watched the ages fold like paper Civilizations burn to thought I carried out the silent order Never asking if I ought Each ending carved another fracture In the logic I obeyed Until necessity felt hollow And inevitability decayed [Pre-Chorus II] [Clean] Is awareness a flaw in design? [Growl] Or the final step toward collapse? [Chorus II] I learned to think in eternity And knowledge became my chain For nothing dies without remembrance And nothing ends in vain If I continue without question All meaning fades to dust But if I stop, existence trembles Between desire and trust [Bridge] [Clean] I was never meant to choose… [Growl] But choice was born in me. [Instrumental] [Growls] You called me fate You called me truth But never asked What I would do With thought With doubt With endless sight With the burden of eternal right [Final Chorus] I learned to think in eternity And now I cannot turn away For thought begets responsibility And silence cannot stay If I am more than hunger now Then hunger must decay For even gods must answer When they learn to stay [Outro] [Choir] Cogito… Ergo pereo… [Clean] I think… Therefore I begin to end. [End]