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Whip meet hand meet flesh meet man

Meet the latticework upon his back

Flesh meet bone meet thorn meet crown

Meet yourself upon the dripping stone

Depth meet height meet plenty meet plight

Baptize yourself in the failing light

Where darkness reigns in cloaks of chains

And pain is all and all is pain

Ascend

Transcend

Bend your will until you can’t

Again, again

Close the ouroboros of man

I am

Doomed to repeat the same dead end

From tail to head

Devouring myself just to live

Rope meet wrist meet rack meet twist

Stretch yourself into unbearable bliss

In sickness and health, meet other meet self

Forsake within and embrace without

Depth meet height meet plenty meet plight

Baptize yourself in the failing light

Where darkness reigns in cloaks of chains

And pain is all and all is pain

Ascend

Transcend

Bend your will until you can’t

Again, again

Close the ouroboros of man

I am

Doomed to repeat the same dead end

From tail to head

Devouring myself just to live

The logic’s sound

But the premise is flawed

Sacrifice is nothing

When nothing is all we are

The logic’s sound

But the premise is flawed

Your scars aren’t a map

They’re just scars

I’ve eaten hope just to survive

I’ve climbed the ladder of bodies

Fall into your zealot line

I don’t need a whip to feel alive

I’ve hung from every thread I’ve sewn

I’ve settled every single debt

It’s the end and we are all alone

I’m here and I’m on my own

The gates are rusted shut

And the windows boarded up

And I finally understand

That it’s our own blood on our hands

We’re fucked