[Intro]
Red on my hands
Ash in my lungs
Her name on my tongue
Already fading
[Verse 1]
Woke up in the wreckage of our home
Cracked frames, cold flame on the stone
Your dress torn, still caught on the nail
I called you
But the air stayed stale
I saw their flags
In the splintered door
Heard my own roar
Somewhere far offshore
I swore to the sky, every blood-bright star
"I’ll tear down gods
Wherever they are"
[Chorus]
I am the godslayer
But I couldn't save her
Every halo that I rip apart
Still won't restart her heart
I am the godslayer
Digging my own crater
If I burn the heavens to the bone
Why am I alone
Alone, alone
[Verse 2]
Steel in my fist, prayers on their lips
They begged, they broke, they slipped
Names, dates, faces
All the sacred places
I carved the truth
Out of liars’ throats
Pulled their hymns
From their shattered notes
They said, "It was fate"
I said, "It was you"
Painted the altar
In a brighter hue
Every temple fell
But the silence grew
Her voice stayed missing
So something else grew
[Chorus]
I am the godslayer
But I couldn't save her
Every halo that I rip apart
Still won't restart her heart
I am the godslayer
Digging my own crater
If I burn the heavens to the bone
Why am I alone
Alone, alone
[Bridge]
[Beat drops, guitars choke to stabs, vocal turns sharp and unhinged]
Who killed her?
(I did)
Who swung first?
(I did)
Who swore love
Then swore vengeance
Same lips
Same grip
Did they touch her?
(or did you?)
Did they cut her?
(or did you?)
Did you chase phantoms
To escape the view
Of your own hands
Shaking over blue
Blood on my boots that I don't remember
Footprints back through the broken ember
Every step rewinds, then splits
Every path ends at my own wrists
[Verse 3]
Now the mirrors chant
Every cracked shard sings
"You are the blade
You pull your own strings"
Their crowns in pieces on my floor
But I see my face
In every war
Her eyes in the dark of the steel
"Tell me, Norn
How does it feel?"
If I was the storm
That breached our door
Every god I slaughter
Just reveals one more
[Chorus]
I am the godslayer
But I couldn't save her
Every halo that I rip apart
Still won't restart her heart
I am the godslayer
Digging my own crater
Tore down heaven, split the throne
Found myself alone
Alone, alone
[Outro]
[Music lurches, tempo staggers, vocals layered and distorted]
I am the—
(godslayer)
I am the—
(god, slay her)
I am the—
(it was you)
I am—
Red on my hands
Ash in my lungs
Her name on my tongue
Already
Already
Gone