[ENTITY III (CENTER | massive):] This body is claimed. This name is canceled. [OPENING INVOCATION – ALL ENTITIES | SPOKEN IN UNISON, OFF-BEAT | ARR/PRF: inhale/exhale foley on 2&, sparse low tom accents, bell tails bloom behind words | VOCALS: spoken unison, intentionally late/off-beat (+40–60ms) | VOX INT 4 | DOUBLES: 4x same vocalist (2C/2W) | FX: slap 8%, plate 20%, one wide layer formant -2 | MIX: vocal -1 LU vs bed, sidechain drone 1–2dB on phrases] We don't arrive. We seep through the seams. We don't enter. We take what’s already open. [BLACK MASS — CYCLE I:] [CHOIR (Call):] Corpus vacat, vox inferna [ENTITIES (Response, layered):] The host gives way. The Devil keeps speaking. [CHOIR:] Ossa cedunt sub pacto [ENTITIES:] Bones sign the vow. The vow signs back. [BLACK MASS — CYCLE II:] [CHOIR:] Non lux, sed fames [ENTITIES:] No light. No mercy. Only the burden learning your name. [CHOIR:] Caro aperta, mens fracta [ENTITIES:] Flesh opens. Thought breaks. Knees find the floor on their own. [BLACK MASS — CYCLE III (SLOWER):] [CHOIR:] Vox sub pelle serpens [ENTITIES:] A voice coils under skin. It wears your mouth like a mask. [CHOIR:] Spiritus non solus [ENTITIES:] You ain't singular. You are occupied. [DEMONIC LITANY — ROTATING BUT CONSTANT (UNDERBED):] [ENTITY I (LEFT | sub-low):] Stay heavy. Let the parasite pray. [ENTITY II (RIGHT | whisper, deep):] Edges melt when you stop resisting. The Devil loves soft borders. [ENTITY III (CENTER | massive):] This body is claimed. This name is canceled. [BLACK MASS — CYCLE IV:] [CHOIR:] Corpus cessat, pactum manet [ENTITIES:] The body goes quiet. The pact stays hungry. [CHOIR:] Non ego, sed ille [ENTITIES:] Not “I.” Only the Devil in me. [FINAL CONSECRATION:] [CHOIR (very slow):] Vox manet Corpus cedit Diabolus regnat [ENTITIES (ALL, FINAL):] The voice remains. The body yields. The Devil commands. Remain open. Remain taken. Remain. [ENTITIES:] A voice coils under skin. It wears your mouth like a mask.
