Mark of the Beast

[Intro]
Blood on the mirror
Name in the steam
I trace that crooked symbol
Like it’s part of me
[Verse 1]
Raised on ash
Cheap black dye in my hair
Bible pages
Ripped and folded in my underwear
Mama said “child
You were born to bring peace”
But I see my face in the headlines
(labeled as a freak, freak, freak)
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me
Is this fate or a brand they gave me?
Every scar
Feels like ink they laid deep
I’ve been running from the stain I carry
But it’s burning through my sleeve
[Chorus]
I got the mark of the beast on my heart, can’t hide it
Got a halo made of teeth, yeah, it cuts when I fight it
If I’m damned, then I’m damned as I am, come find me
I turn pain into fire when they try to define me
Mark of the beast on my heart, it’s a warning sign
If love is a crime, then I’ll do my time
You can chain my hands, try to break my speech
But you’ll never cleanse
This mark of the beast
[Verse 2]
Tattooed wrists
Black lace under a ripped old tee
Choir girl past
Now it’s throat-shred melody
Priest in the doorway
Eyes wide like he knows
That the “evil” he’s preaching about
Is just the part of me that grows
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me
Is your heaven just a gilded prison?
Every “bless you”
Feels like careful derision
I’m the question you erase from sermons
But I’m carved in your revision
[Chorus]
I got the mark of the beast on my heart, can’t hide it
Got a halo made of teeth, yeah, it cuts when I fight it
If I’m damned, then I’m damned as I am, come find me
I turn pain into fire when they try to define me
Mark of the beast on my heart, it’s a warning sign
If love is a crime, then I’ll do my time
You can chain my hands, try to break my speech
But you’ll never cleanse
This mark of the beast
[Bridge]
[whispered, then building]
Call me cursed
Call me plague
I was born from every promise that you broke that day
All your shame
On my skin
You created me and now you call it sin
[screamed backing]
You made this monster
You stitched my wings
Then burned the altar
When I learned to sing
[Breakdown]
(yeah)
I’m the wolf in the choir (hey!)
I’m the crack in your creed
If rebellion is a crime
Then I bleed to be free
Write your rules on my ribs
While I grind my teeth
Every beat of my chest
Spells B-E-A-S-T
[Chorus]
I got the mark of the beast on my heart, can’t hide it
Got a halo made of teeth, yeah, it cuts when I fight it
If I’m damned, then I’m damned as I am, come find me
I turn pain into fire when they try to define me
Mark of the beast on my heart, it’s a battle cry
If truth is a sin, then I’ll live that lie
You can chain my hands, try to break my speech
But you’ll never cleanse
You’ll never cleanse
This mark of the beast (oh)
This mark of the beast

rap, Hybrid of symphonic metal and nu-metal crossover with heavy bass drops, female vocals. Cinematic strings and choir swell in the intro, then slam into downtuned guitars and distorted 808-style low end. Verses ride a half-time rap/emo cadence over chugging guitars; chorus explodes with soaring melodic topline, layered screams, and double-kick bursts. Middle-eight shifts to atmospheric pads and whispered vocals before a final all-in breakdown., metal, post-hardcore, symphonic metal, hardcore, pop, nu metal, emo