Our hymns devolved into howls
As we tore the tongues from our mouths
Compelled to a fever
I'm a true believer
Now give me the list and a gun
We've baited the rats with the safety
Of a dead end job and a nuclear family
I want to burn like books in a cult
Snuff out my thoughts
Be bought and sold
Was it the cruelty that defined me?
Just like the widows described me...
I've eaten the heart where home claimed to be
Lost in the coldest Hell I have seen
Was it the cruelty that defined me?
Just like the widows described me
I've eaten the heart where home claimed to be
Like 3rd degree burns in a glacial sea
Everyone gnawing
Desperately clawing
Holes in the sky
For a glimpse inside
I just can't tell
Are these scabs or scales?
Covering us like a violent aura
I just can't tell...are these scabs or scales?
I just can't tell
Our concussions have sank into black holes
Our fevers have all spiked so horns may grow
credits
from Neon Pale,
released September 7, 2021
Gustavo Garcia
Jordan Condery
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