[Intro]
[Screams of pain]
[Verse 1]
From the plow-split earth they rise
Pale coils in the moon-streaked furrows
Jawbones packed with burial soil
Eyes like lanterns under glass
They writhe through sleeping villages
Gnawing through the chapel stones
Chewing hymns to fleshy pulp
Tasting marrow
Tearing homes
[Chorus]
Were-worms
Crown of crawling blight
Scouring the land
Devouring light
Tunnels in our ribs
Our roots
Our graves
Nothing left but gnashed-out caves
Were-worms
Harvesters of bone
[Verse 2]
Cattle sag in hollow skins
Drained like wineskins in the straw
Fenceposts lean like rotted teeth
Roads collapse in splintered jaws
They coil around the wellstone rings
Drag the water into mud
Children’s toys half-bit
Half-buried
Little flags in churned-up blood
[Chorus]
Were-worms
Crown of crawling blight
Scouring the land
Devouring light
Tunnels in our ribs
Our roots
Our graves
Nothing left but gnashed-out caves
Were-worms
Harvesters of bone
[Bridge]
When the full moon swells and cracks
[Drums drop to brutal half time breakdown]
Every furrow starts to twitch
Farmer
Merchant
Priest and thief
All become the burrowing witch
We twist
We molt
We shed our names
Teeth erupt in ringed white rows
Our bodies lengthen
Split and bloom…
A kingdom of mouths below!
[Final Big Brutal Breakdown]
[Chorus]
Were-worms
Crown of crawling blight
Scouring the land
Devouring light
Tunnels in our ribs
Our roots
Our graves
Nothing left but gnashed-out caves
Were-worms
Harvesters of bone
Bite the bedrock
Drink the loam
Till the world is just a breathing hole
And every soul’s a throat of soil
Screaming in Distain!
[Fade Out]
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