From the recording The Sentinel

Lyrics

[Intro]
[whispered vocals]
Hear them
In the drywall
In the drain
In my jaw

[laughter echoes
Then cuts]

[Verse 1]
I’m the crack in the mirror
(@Keala) I’m the hand pulling through
You’re a flinch in the daylight
(@Keala) I’m the night swallowing you
You pray to your screens for a meaning
(@Keala) I pray to the bones in the dirt
You call it "humanity" shaking
(@Keala) I call it a kingdom of hurt

[Chorus]
Under king
Under skin
Who’s crawling out
Who’s caving in? (hey!)
You want heaven in a plastic grin
I want teeth
Rust
Rot
Sin
Under king
Under skin
You keep begging mercy to win
I keep carving crowns from your guilt and shame
Same skull
Different name

[Verse 2]
You say
"People can change"
(@Keala) I say
"People just molt"
You stitch your flags to your fractures
(@Keala) I stitch a throne from your faults
You love every fragile heartbeat
(@Keala) I love the silence after the fall
You’re singing hymns for the wounded
(@Keala) I’m in the wound in the wall

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You talk about hope like a habit
(@Keala) I talk about hunger
A habit that eats
You kneel to the ghosts of your parents
(@Keala) I crown every ghost in the streets
You’re clutching your coffee
Your car keys
Your kids
(@Keala) I’m counting the cracks in their faith
You’re preaching that "we can be better"
(@Keala, screamed) I’m preaching that I am your fate

[crescendo
Overlapping screams and laughter]

[Verse 3]
You want laws
Love
Order
(@Keala) I want chaos
Choir
Knives
You build walls on the border of terror
(@Keala) I build stairs where your dread arrives
You whisper
"There’s good in all people"
(@Keala) I whisper
"There’s me in them too"
Same shadow behind every steeple
(@Keala) Same crown buried under you

[Chorus]

[Outro]
[whispered vocals
Almost calm]
Under king
Under tongue
Every "I" you ever speak
Is another one of us
[soft distant crying
Faint laughter fading into static]