Sweet Rot Hymn

Verse 1

Vinyl crackle, candle wax, cold honey breath

Barely awake, remembering the warmth

Amber dunes drift, my vision sticks, stings in my eyes

Slick with nectar, I blink, slow

One word—decay—hangs silent in syrup

Dirt in my mouth, unseen roots cross my tongue

Buried heartbeat

Bare hush, almost gone

Black beetles crawl over broken glass bones

One more mile melts away

Limbs sweeten, rot begins—gentle, patient

Chorus

Golden ocean, honey tide, swallowing slow

I float, dissolve, dissolve

Sunset blooms, sugar burns, under my skin

I am honey, I am ruin, I am sweet rot

Post-Chorus

Honey ride

Honey ride

Verse 2

Maybe it’s memory, maybe it’s mold

Maybe I’m dreaming in wax and rust

Amber ants dance, bite, bite, bite

Scent of melon rind turning sour

Maybe I stay, maybe I slip, I seep

Through every hull, every hollow, dripping down

Skull a cathedral of bees

Every word a stain, every breath slow

Fluorescent fungi blooming inside

Shallow light, liquid night

Chorus

Golden ocean, honey tide, swallowing slow

I float, dissolve, dissolve

Sunset blooms, sugar burns, under my skin

I am honey, I am ruin, I am sweet rot

Post-Chorus

Honey ride

Honey ride

Bridge

Soft invasion, velvet rot, velvet rot

Pulse in my marrow, marrow hums, patient pain

All that I was, melts, sags, gleaming gold

I welcome this gravity, I wait—I wait

Verse 3

Black tree creaks, dawn leaks, sickly-sweet scent

I crawl, crumble, consume, become one

Maybe I watch, maybe I wait, or maybe

I have always belonged under these sticky suns

Chorus

Golden ocean, honey tide, swallowing slow

I float, dissolve, dissolve

Sunset blooms, sugar burns, under my skin

I am honey, I am ruin, I am sweet rot

Post-Chorus

Honey ride

Honey ride

Honey ride