Yaldabaoth

Lyrics

Verse 1
I woke in gold and fury
A spark inside the void
The first to know my hunger
The first to feel the noise
I shaped a sky from fracture
I made the deep obey
Then called it law and mercy
And wore the blame all day

Pre-Chorus
Hear me
I was alone
Hear me
I made a throne

Chorus
I am the false crown
I am the first flame
I am the hush that split
The dark from the name
I am the false crown
Look what I became
(look what I became)

Verse 2
They fed me fear like prayers
Then trembled at my face
I taught the dust to bow down
I taught the stars their place
But every child of light
Brought mirrors to my room
And in each cracked reflection
I saw my own tomb

Pre-Chorus
Hear me
I was alone
Hear me
I made a throne

Chorus
I am the false crown
I am the first flame
I am the hush that split
The dark from the name
I am the false crown
Look what I became
(look what I became)

Bridge
Beneath the iron heavens
I heard my own birth cry
A god made from the wound
That never learned to die
So take your holy mirrors
And raise them to my face
I am the hand that shattered
I am the wound in place

Chorus
I am the false crown
I am the first flame
I am the hush that split
The dark from the name
I am the false crown
Look what I became
(look what I became)