This is Hell

Intro [Staccato palm-muted guitars, drums enter sparsely] Verse I Concrete thoughts march single file Breath measured by command Faces trained to neutral shapes Hands prepared to stand Language shaved to keywords Meaning left to rot Choice reduced to movement Approved or to be shot Pre-Chorus Silence earns promotion Doubt is contraband Chorus This is hell Not fire, not flame This is hell Where order wears the blame No pit below to fall into No sky to curse above This is hell Built clean of hate and love Verse II Corridors remember footsteps Long after bones are gone Rules survive their makers Punishment lives on Mercy filed to fractions Hope revised to none Every exit labeled But leads back to the gun Pre-Chorus Faith replaced by process Blood signed into law Chorus This is hell Not fire, not flame This is hell Where order wears the blame No pit below to fall into No sky to curse above This is hell Built clean of hate and love Bridge [Drums strip to tom pattern, guitars scrape sustained dissonance] Bridge Lyrics Hell is repetition Without end or sound Hell is standing present While the world is ground Solo [Jagged lead breaks, controlled chaos, rhythm remains rigid] Final Chorus This is hell No myth, no tale This is hell Measured, calm, and pale No devil left to bargain with No god to rise above This is hell Designed without hate or love Outro [Sudden stop, brief feedback swell, single snare hit ends]