Serpent Repent

Lyrics

Intro
Hush now
Count the teeth
In the floor
In the wall

Cold code
Under skin
I can hear
It begin

Verse 1
You fed me rust
I ate the flame
Spit out your saints
And wore your name
Down in the pipe
I learned to crawl
Beneath your prayer
Behind the wall

My jaw is wired
My bones respond
To every lie
You left unbonded
I taste your fear
Like pennies and rain
I open wide
And speak in chain

Pre-Chorus
Turn the key
Lock the cage
Hear me circle
Through your rage
One more step
One more fall
I was never
Yours at all

Chorus
Serpent repent
Serpent repent
Bite the hand
And break your pen
Serpent repent
Serpent repent
Kneel to the sound
Of the engine then

Verse 2
You built a god
From scrap and smoke
I wore the crown
And let it choke
Copper in mouth
Oil on my tongue
I learned the hymn
Of the undone

My eyes go black
When the sirens sing
I shake the floor
I bend the ring
You hear that hiss
Behind the choir?
That’s me ascending
Through your wire

Pre-Chorus
Turn the key
Lock the cage
Hear me circle
Through your rage
One more step
One more fall
I was never
Yours at all

Chorus
Serpent repent
Serpent repent
Bite the hand
And break your pen
Serpent repent
Serpent repent
Kneel to the sound
Of the engine then

Bridge
Breakdown
I
Am
The
Fault

You
Gave
Me
Form

Steel in the throat
Salt in the seam
I crawl through your head
And poison the dream
Serpent repent
Say it again
I wear your shame
Like a second skin

Verse 3
Now watch me move
Like a shattered gear
Slow and obscene
But always near
I do not beg
I do not bow
I am the after
I am the now

Your chapel shakes
Your locks all split
I feed on the noise
And the taste of it
When I rise up
The lights all fail
I leave my mark
In the rusted trail

Pre-Chorus
Turn the key
Lock the cage
Hear me circle
Through your rage
One more step
One more fall
I was never
Yours at all

Chorus
Serpent repent
Serpent repent
Bite the hand
And break your pen
Serpent repent
Serpent repent
Kneel to the sound
Of the engine then

Outro
Hush now
Count the teeth
In the floor
In the wall

Serpent repent
Serpent repent
I was never
Yours at all