[Verse 1]

Shadow of a soul, you

Come to me and wait for my approval

To kneel here

Sacred is the ground I tread

I leave no footprints

Perfect in your eyes, you fool

Lay the lesser down

This blood, it's so dark and red

And won't eat away the chains

That hold you where I wish

I wish

[Verse 2]

Watch my every move so calculated

Hunted by the prey but sly, indifferent

Swallow all your pride

The poison's better that way

When this scent arises new

Lover of a lie

Immersed inside yourself

Dream your fractured mind

Away inside this cell

[Verse 3]

Oppression, anger, fear and pain

Restrain the fire to hold the flame

To burn, to sear, to penetrate

Allowed a voice to scream my name

[Chorus]

Grasp in your greed for the riches

Give up the hopes for your pride

Drink down the wine like a glutton

And follow the lust in my eyes

For I am the master so envied

Free to be wasteful and sloth

Fear now the wrath of my power

And counting the sins to stay lost

[Bridge]

And weak and alone and ashamed

Afraid, so afraid

Of mistakes and

Failures to be

Perfect, passive

And unquestioning

You're awake now

But far too weak

So wait

And worry, hide in shadow

Do not speak, do not dissent, and lay down

Take it, celebrate this pain

[Chorus]

Tear away the covers

Useless vestiges of comfort

Pointless tokens of a difference

To hide from me, and

Throw away the balance

Senseless running without conscience

Endless circle or a spiral

We'll always bleed the same

[Outro]

So lay down, slave, down, lay down

Slave, down, lay down, slave

Lay down, down

Lay down, slave

Lay down, down

Lay down, slave

Lay down, down

Lay down, slave

Lay down