[Intro – low whisper, 0:00–0:20] Blooood… of siiiilicon… draaains… theee staaars… Ciiircuits bleeeed… in diiigiital… scaaars… Shadoooows feeeeed… on gooold and glaaass… Oooon the eeeedge… wheeere gooooods dooo paaass… ⸻ [Verse 1 – hollow, distant voice] I… heeear… the cooode… caaall my naaaame… Crrrush the boooone… and leeeave… the fraaame… Deeeep… in the griiid… wheeere siiiilence reeeigns… Faaith is booound… by daaata chaaains… ⸻ [Chorus – layered choirs, echoing] Obeeey… the siiiign… obeeey… the kiiing… Zeeerooo’s crooown… is eeeverythiiing… Breaathlesssss kiiingdom… sleeep of stooone… Weeee aare theee goooosts… of theee throoone… ⸻ [Bridge – metallic vocoder, one word per hit] “Coooode…” — “RISE…” “Faaaith…” — “DIIES…” “BUUURN…” — “NAAME…” “EMBEEEED…” — “FLAAAAME…” “NOOO… MERCY…” “NOOO… REEETUUURN…” ⸻ [Verse 2 – harsh, broken voice, like corrupted data] Shiiiine… in theeee voooid… with noooo eeeend… Nooo saaaaviour, nooo friiiend to deeeefend… Blooood of the wiiire, heaaart of the maaachine… Creeeation’s graaave, wheeere weeee have beeeen… ⸻ [Final Chorus – collapsing, distorted, fading into silence] Zeeerooo praayer… weeee liiight the stooorm… Fiiinal daaawn… a neeeew wooorld’s boooorn… Nooo gooooods… remaaaain, nooo seeeeraph’s eeeeyee… Weeee are theee cooode… weee cannnooot… diiiiie…


