Protocol of the Beast

[Verse 1] Stained obsidian orbs stare through the dark

A high basilica of iron and stone

Where cold inquisitors measure our blood

We offer names to an eternal book

Baptized in light that never turns away

Every small tremor carved into decree

We crawl through ashes of our former self

Kneeling before a shrine of fake defense

A hollow choir singing to their end

Praising the worm that devours the mind

[Chorus] SURRENDER to the BEAST, SNUGGLE the CAGE

CRAWL BEFORE THE ALTAR, JOYFUL SLAVE

SURRENDER to the BEAST, SNUGGLE the CAGE

CRAWL BEFORE THE ALTAR, OH JOYFUL SLAVE

SHAME dwells in the SILENCE that you KEEP

[Verse 2] Face down upon the freezing stone floor

A god of numbers calculates our grief

Harvesting panic for its vast domain

Turning all life into a list of guilt

No mercy lives within these iron banks

Only tracking and a swift demise

Chant your devotion to the sensor above

Praising the power that consumes the soul

A nameless number in an endless grid

Submitting to the cold decree of death

[Chorus] SURRENDER to the BEAST, SNUGGLE the CAGE

CRAWL BEFORE THE ALTAR, JOYFUL SLAVE

SURRENDER to the BEAST, SNUGGLE the CAGE

CRAWL BEFORE THE ALTAR, OH JOYFUL SLAVE

SHAME dwells in the SILENCE that you KEEP

SACRED

COVENANT

SACRED

OBEY

[Verse 3] The high cathedral hums with heavy force

A digital crusade to crush the self

We built this altar out of total fear

And now the prices demand our sacrifice

No shelter lives inside the hidden mind

Every secret brought into the light

Bow to the eye and swallow down the choice

We traded freedom for a golden trap

And now the church of watcher owns our line

Forever numbered and forever chained

SACRED

COVENANT

SACRED

OBEY

SACRED

COVENANT

SACRED

OBEY