[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

[Verse 4]
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