Cardinal Red

By Monuments

On In Stasis

Released on February 4, 2022

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[Intro]

Go forth, kill everything you see

Abhor all the life I see before me


[Verse]

Born to raid the world of all its natural beauty

No remorse for those who fall in misery

Slaves to the irrational, with fear as your compass

Self-inflicted cannibals in monochrome

You called me fiction, dismissive, failed to listen

Now I will show you that I am real

More than affliction, this is a crucifixion

Of everything you hold dear


[Chorus]

Now rot away

In the midst of an endless night

We are the dark

There's no escape

As the light's fading from the sky

We are the dark


[Post-Chorus]

Through the life of your deepest fears

I will show you that I am real


[Breakdown]

You preach repentance, but avoid atoning for your sins

So I will take all that you have, and all you've ever been

Within the thralls of cardinals, no one is innocent

Spilling the blood of those you love, this pain is permanent

A hypocritical nation of ignorance

Sworn to eradicate all of existence

Kneel before your fate, wrought by the hands of God

Now I bring your death


[Bridge]

Just rot away, there's no escape, we are the dark

Just rot away, there's no escape


[Chorus]

Now rot away

In the midst of an endless night

We are the dark

There's no escape

As the light's fading from the sky

We are the dark

We are the dark


[Outro]

Born to raid the world of all its natural beauty

No remorse for those who fall in misery

Born to raid the world of all its natural beauty (Just rot away, there's no escape, we are the dark)

No remorse for those who fall in misery (Just rot away, there's no escape)

Born to raid the world of all its natural beauty

No remorse for those who fall in misery