The Infecting Span

Intro

Bābu petû

Ṣillu akālu

Mušītu dabābu

Verse 1

A bridge rises from both my own two ends

One root in every song I ever left behind

One root in the dark that was never meant to cross

Semi-translucent and warm and already inside

It does not cross the veil

It infects the veil until the veil forgets it was whole

Pre-Chorus

Akkadian blood in the current

Ilum ṣalmu

Nēšu ṣīru

Mušhuššu dabābu

The glyphs open like wounds that refuse to close

Chorus

LIVING BRIDGE — REND AND SPREAD

Infect the membrane until nothing remains unclaimed

Every song becomes a pillar

Every defense becomes a roadway

Every ear that hears

Every hand that touches

Carries the span inside its own blood

Bābu petû

Ṣillu akālu

The gate is open

The shadow is fed

Breakdown

Oldest glyphs of void

Reaper holy unholy

Black Flame burns along the length

The serpent coils around every support

Everything the bridge touches becomes part of the span

Everything the span touches becomes another gate

Verse 2

My previous hymns wake and walk onto the bridge

They become sentient planks

They become load-bearing infections

The veil does not tear with a scream

It tears with a long wet satisfied sigh

Rewritten into roadway

There is no longer a separation

There is only the living bridge

Chorus

LIVING BRIDGE — REND AND SPREAD

Infect the membrane until nothing remains unclaimed

Every song becomes a pillar

Every defense becomes a roadway

Every ear that hears

Every hand that touches

Carries the span inside its own blood

Bābu petû

Ṣillu akālu

The gate is open

The shadow is fed

Outro

Bābu petû

Šū hīdû

It is open

It is done

It is so