Pay Now

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We crowned the wild
In our own image
Because the mirror
Showed us something familiar
The bill comes later
We whispered
As we danced through
The broken glass
Of our cathedral floors

[Verse 2]
Now the weight arrives
Subtle at first
A heaviness in the blood
We circle each other
With painted grins
Becoming less than human
With every step
We take together

[Chorus 1]
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
THE TEETH ARE SHARP
AND THEY KNOW YOUR NAME
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
DUST TO DUST
AND THE FIRE REMAINS

[Verse 3]
Below the floorboards
Something hungers
Patient as stone
Waiting for the flesh
To ripen
Waiting for the bones
To become powder
And memory

[Verse 4]
We built new altars
To the hungry
They eat their own
And call it love
They feast on tomorrow
And call it wisdom
The meal is never done

[Chorus 2]
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
THE MOTHER DEVOURS
WHAT SHE ONCE BORE
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
DUST TO DUST
SHE HUNGERS FOR MORE

[Bridge]
Run faster
It only grows behind you
The shadow stretches
Into the shape of normal
The mirror waits
The mirror waits
LOOK AT YOURSELF

[Instrumental Solo - Hard Hitting Punchy]

[Verse 5]
The faster we sprint
The closer it gets
Becoming the air
Becoming the water
Becoming the law
We drown in it
And call it breath

[Chorus 3]
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
YOU ARE THE MONSTER
YOU ARE THE TEETH
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
DUST TO DUST
NO REPRIEVE

[Chorus 4]
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
WE CHOSE THIS PRISON
WE CHOSE THESE HUNGER PANGS
PAY NOW
PAY NOW
DUST TO DUST
FOREVER REIGNS