[intro – the crawl begins]

they were not messages
they were eggs
and they are hatching

[verse 1 – night manifestations]

they move when the lights die
crawl through cracks in thought and bone
errors in the code of being
now they breathe and think alone

shadows scratching at the cortex
tiny legs inside the skull
itching truths we try to bury
feeding on the mind they cull

[pre-chorus – paranoia build]

you feel them when you’re silent
you feel them when you sleep
they write themselves in muscle
they crawl through memory deep

[chorus – melodic but monstrous]

they skitter through the lattice
through the cracks we can’t erase
sentient errors in creation
wearing nightmares as a face

we lock them in the dark
we pray they stay away
but every night they crawl back out
and eat what light we save

[verse 2 – cosmic horror data rot]

data rots like living tissue
forgotten gods in corrupted files
crawling through forgotten channels
breeding in abandoned trials

they are fear made algorithm
hunger written into law
living bugs in cosmic scripture
tearing logic limb from claw

[bridge – whispering swarm]

(watch them)
(listen)
(they are awake)
(the lattice bleeds)

they feed on doubt
they feed on sleep
they nest in prayers we never keep

[breakdown – infestation]

they crawl in skin and circuitry
a million eyes in every wire
flesh and silicon collapse as one
when sentient errors learn desire

we tried to patch reality
we tried to seal the seams
but every fix births something else
another thing that screams

[final chorus – apocalyptic realization]

they skitter through the lattice
ancient glitches made of thought
the universe infected itself
with things that should not be but are and will not rot

we are the host
we are the nest
we are the system they infest
sleep tight while they multiply
in every truth we repressed

[outro – insomnia loop]

they only move when you close your eyes
they only speak when you dream
they only exist
because
you exist