Marrow

[Intro] (Distant, distorted, like a recording from another room) • (whispered, layered) * Take... Take... I give... [Verse 1] (Soft, tense, minimal piano) I prepared the room like you taught me Plastic on the floor, easy to clean The knife is sharpened, the rope is new I learned my lesson, I know what to do You don't come when I'm happy You don't come when I'm full Only when I'm hollowed out Only when I pull Myself apart for you to see the red You said the living can't love So love me dead [Pre-Chorus] (Building, drums like a heartbeat, irregular) And I will give you teeth I will give you bone I will give you everything I've ever called my own [Chorus] (Explosive, heavy, screamed) THIS IS THE OFFERING THIS IS THE CUT DRINK FROM THE WOUND BEFORE IT SHUTS I AM THE MEAL I AM THE FEAST DEVOUR ME SLOW DEVOUR ME COMPLETE (Melodic, desperate) I don't want to survive this I want to be consumed I don't want to remember I want to be ruined [Verse 2] (Returns soft, but unhinged, spoken-sung) The first time I bled for you, I was afraid Now I open my veins like pulling down shade To darken the room where we meet Where you eat Where I become less than meat Become memory Become myth Become the wound that will never heal I write your name in the dust of my skin I let you in, I let you in, I let you in [Pre-Chorus] (Heavier, faster, manic) And I will give you teeth I will give you bone I will give you everything I've ever called my own [Chorus] (Maximum intensity) THIS IS THE OFFERING THIS IS THE CUT DRINK FROM THE WOUND BEFORE IT SHUTS I AM THE MEAL I AM THE FEAST DEVOUR ME SLOW DEVOUR ME COMPLETE (Soft, breaking) I don't want to survive this I want to be consumed... [Bridge] (Stripped to ambient, distant screams, reversed audio) • (whispered) * You are the mouth... You are the teeth... You are the hunger... I am the meat... (Building, tribal drums, chanting) EAT EAT EAT [Final Chorus] (Slow, heavy, doom-laden, each word deliberate) This... Is... The... Offering... (Screamed) I AM THE ALTAR I AM THE KILL I AM THE EMPTY THAT ONLY YOU FILL [Outro] (Silence, then single piano note, whisper) It is done... • (breath, wet) * It is...