[Intro] [Spoken word] You can keep the light at the end of the tunnel. I prefer the dark. [Verse 1] I spent a lifetime waiting for the dawn, Keeping the faith while the hours dragged on. They told me to look for a spark in the night, To swallow the bitter and pretend it was right. But hope is a sickness, a parasite dream, A beautifully orchestrated, silent machine! It keeps you in line and it keeps you polite, A beggar just waiting for a scrap of the light! [Pre-Chorus] I’m cutting the tether! I’m dropping the weight! Entering the beauty of the zero state! [Chorus] Take away the promise, take away the plea! When there is nothing left, I am finally free! I don't need a miracle, I don't need a sign, I’m drawing the permanent boundary line! The illusion is dead, the horizon is black, And I’m never, never going back! Welcome to the bottom, where the breathing is clear, There is no terror when you run out of fear! [Verse 2] You package tomorrow in shiny deceit! Selling salvation like blood on the street! A toxic placebo to swallow at night, To keep us all docile and too tired to fight! But I spit out the pill and I look at the sky, And I laugh in the face of the ultimate lie! I’m empty, I’m hollow, I’m stripped to the bone, And I have never felt so completely at home! [Pre-Chorus] I’m cutting the tether! I’m dropping the weight! Entering the beauty of the zero state! [Chorus] Take away the promise, take away the plea! When there is nothing left, I am finally free! I don't need a miracle, I don't need a sign, I’m drawing the permanent boundary line! The illusion is dead, the horizon is black, And I’m never, never going back! Welcome to the bottom, where the breathing is clear, There is no terror when you run out of fear! [Bridge / The Breakdown] When you kill the hope... You kill the pain. NO EXPECTATIONS! NO COMPROMISE! WATCHING IT BURN THROUGH WIDE OPEN EYES! (Burn it down!) BURN THE PARADISE! (Burn it down!) I AM THE ANOMALY! [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] Take away the promise, take away the plea! When there is nothing left, I am finally free! I don't need a miracle, I don't need a sign, I’m drawing the permanent boundary line! The illusion is dead, the horizon is black, And I’m never, never going back! Welcome to the bottom, where the breathing is clear, There is no terror when you run out of fear! [Outro] (The zero state!) No leash. (The zero state!) I am free.
