Architect Of Decay
Industrial, Industrial, NU metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, hard rock, dark metal, aggressive, hard deep melodic drums, lots of drum elements, drum effects, strong deep low register dry raspy female vocal, female harmonies, female background vocals, lots of vocal effects, vocal arrangements, vocally powerful, melodic drum, drum arrangements, epic, dark, lots of sound effects, epic
Architect Of Decay
Industrial, Industrial, NU metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, hard rock, dark metal, aggressive, hard deep melodic drums, lots of drum elements, drum effects, strong deep low register dry raspy female vocal, female harmonies, female background vocals, lots of vocal effects, vocal arrangements, vocally powerful, melodic drum, drum arrangements, epic, dark, lots of sound effects, epic
Lyrics
Intro
Teeth on the screen
Blood in the bloom
They sell us a future
That smells like a tomb
Instrumental breakdown
Verse 1
Clickbait coffins
Headlines high on panic
We snort the fear
They cook in some think tank attic
Suited jackals
Wipe their mouths with flags
Ink-stained contracts
Dripping from their fangs
They pass that poison
In a handshake deal
Toast to the famine
On a seven-course meal
We’re chain-smoking prayers
In fluorescent pews
While they rewrite the war
Right there on the news
Pre-Chorus
They say
“Calm down
Kid
This is how it goes”
While they lace our lungs with exhaust and ghosts
“Take this pill
This loan
This holy lie”
Smile for the drone
As it dots the sky
Chorus
Bow to the king of the carcass parade
He is the antic
Architect of decay
Raining down ash on the tongues that obey
He is the antic
Laughing while we break
Throne built of bodies and bills you can’t trace
He is the antic
Spitting in your face
Nation on its knees as the vultures get fed
He is the antic
Painting halos in red (yeah)
Instrumental break
Verse 2
Church on the weekend
Cult on the screen
They lace the communion
With amphetamine
We chase that numb
Like a dog chases cars
Snort the slogans
Till we’re seeing stars
They sell our rage
In a merch-shop line
Stamp our names in barcodes
Right between the crimes
They piss in the well
Then charge us a drink
Shove our heads under
Till we learn not to think
Pre-Chorus
They say
“Hate your neighbor
But love this brand”
While they carve their castle from stolen land
“Trust the process
Trust the holy chart”
Put a price on your pulse
On your bleeding heart (hey!)
Chorus
Bow to the king of the carcass parade
He is the antic
Architect of decay
Raining down ash on the tongues that obey
He is the antic
Laughing while we break
Throne built of bodies and bills you can’t trace
He is the antic
Spitting in your face
Nation on its knees as the vultures get fed
He is the antic
Painting halos in red
Instrumental break
Bridge
[Drums building
Guitars grinding on one riff]
Light up the panic
Inhale the spin
Mainline the venom
Straight through the skin
Drink their disaster
Gag on the show
Pledge to the bastard
You’ll never know
(Yeah)
He’s in your feed
In your fix
In your flag
He’s in the smoke from the burning rag
He’s in the gun in the kid’s cold hand
He’s in the rush when the markets crash
Instrumental breakdown
Bridge – Crescendo
Scream for a savior
(There ain’t one coming)
Pray to a traitor
(Hear his cash register humming)
March in a circle
Till your soles turn black
He is the antic
Riding on your back
Guitar solo
Chorus
Bow to the king of the carcass parade
He is the antic
Architect of decay
Raining down ash on the tongues that obey
He is the antic
Laughing while we break
Throne built of bodies and bills you can’t trace
He is the antic
Spitting in your face
Nation on its knees as the vultures get fed
He is the antic
Painting halos in red
Instrumental breakdown
Outro
[Tempo drops
Riff slows]
Count their coins
While the cities choke
We cough up truth
In a funeral of smoke
Dead-eyed idols
On a cracked-screen throne
He is the antic
And we built his home (yeah)