Serpent Skin by Antriochs Disciples
Tracklist
| 1. | Serpent Skin | 5:21 |
Lyrics
Tell me…
Are you the flame—
or just the echo of the ones it devoured?
Your voice winds around me like smoke in a cathedral
Each syllable a benediction and a curse
The way you move—
It’s a psalm in slow destruction
You wear divinity like serpent skin,
Holy, venomous, and hungry
I carved my name into your shadow
Just to feel you when the light is gone
SINK YOUR TEETH INTO ME—
I AM THE BLOOD THAT BIRTHS THE ALTAR
CALL ME SINNER—CALL ME SACRIFICE
JUST—DON’T—LOOK—AWAY
I am more than marrow and regret
I am the pulse behind your prophecy
You speak in tongues I’ve tasted in dreams
You pull the stars down just to feed the dark
Let your grace collapse around me
Like a temple swallowed in flame
Touch me not with pity—
But with purpose
Your holiness is a haunting
I wear it like skin—tight, unrelenting
You bless me in silence
You curse me in touch
You lead me not into temptation—
You *are* the temptation
I let your name linger on my tongue
Like incense, thick and burning
I am undone by your absence
I let your name linger on my tongue
Like incense, thick and burning
I am undone by your absence
MORE THEN YOUR PRESENCE EVER HARMED ME
TAKE—EVERY—BREATH—I—NEVER—SHOULD—HAVE—GIVEN
TASTE—THE—TRUTH—BENEATH—THE—SKIN
Tell me again—
Were you *ever* divine,
or did I just need to believe?
Take what’s left of me—
If you’re the god I’ve feared in silence,
Then sanctify this agony
Baptize me in your hunger
Devour me like I was written for it
In your light—I finally see
That love was just the cage you built for me
There is no heaven…
Only the heat of your breath,
And the dark we called divine.
