[Verse]A species was chosen to lie forA species was chosen to tameA brain stem, emotion, and devastationLogic suppressed, spirit stripped awayA human was told what to stand forA human was told who to blameNo questions for answers that retch for freedomConsumed in fire, mortar, and scorched clay[Pre-Chorus]Feign grace, save face at all costNow take our place with all that we've lost[Chorus]Belie the machine that hurts youAnd you are ashamedBelie the machine that breaks youAnd you are to blameHere lie all the lives desertedKept from the light[Verse]A human was told what to stand forA human was told who to blameNo questions for answers that retch for freedomConsumed in fire, mortarAnd scorched clayA reason was chosen to die forA reason that no one could nameA grave for its creatures with no distinctionLogic suppressed, spiritstripped away[Pre-Chorus]Feign grace, save face at all costNow take our place with all that we've lost[Chorus]Belie the machine that hurts youAnd you are ashamedBelie the machine that breaks youAnd you are to blameHere lie all the lives desertedKept from the light of day[Bridge]We will be shaken by the earthAnd forsaken by the sunAs cursed rite of birthIs frantically undone[Verse]Backwards and downwardsThrough right and left nervesStripped of all garmentsWhile gasping for wordsBlack sky above and infinite belowManifestations we no longer knowThis is not a dreamThis indignity.(2x)Writhe internallyWake eternally.(2x)[Verse]Backwards and downwardsThrough right and left nervesStripped of all garmentsWhile gasping for wordsBlack sky above and infinite belowManifestations we no longer know[Pre-Chorus]Feign grace, save face at all costNow take our place with all that we've lost[Chorus]Belie the machine that hurts youAnd you are ashamedBelie the machine that breaks youAnd you are to blame
