The Foundations of Decay

See the man who stands upon the hill
 He dreams of all the battles won
 But fate had left its scars upon his face
 With all the damage they had done
 And so time, with age
 It turns the page
 Let the flesh
 Submit itself to gravity
 Let our bodies lay
 Mark our hearts with shame
 Let our blood in vain
 You find God in pain
 Now
 If your convictions were a passing phase
 May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
 And as the vermin crawls we lay in the foundations of decay
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 He was there, the day the towers fell
 And so he wandered down the road
 And we would all build towers of our own
 Only to watch the roots corrode
 But it's much too late
 You're in the race
 So we'll press
 And press 'til you can't take it anymore
 Let our bodies lay
 Mark our hearts with shame
 Let our blood in vain
 You find God in pain
 And if by his own hand his spirit flies
 Take his body as a relic to be canonized
 Now
 And so he gets to die a saint but she will always be a whore
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 (You look stressed out)
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 Against faith (cage all the animals)
 Against all life ('cause the message must be pure)
 Against change (you can wander through the ruins)
 We are plagued (but the poison is the cure)
 You must fix your heart
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 And you must build an altar where it swells
 When the storm it gains
 And the sky it rains
 Let it flood
 Let it flood
 Let it wash away
 And as you stumble through your last crusade
 Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?
 And as the swarm it calls we lay in the foundations
 Yes, it comforts me much more
 ♪
 Yes, it comforts me much more
 To lay in the foundations of decay
 Get
 Up
 Coward
 
 See the man who stands upon the hill
 He dreams of all the battles won
 But fate had left its scars upon his face
 With all the damage they had done
 And so time, with age
 It turns the page
 Let the flesh
 Submit itself to gravity
 Let our bodies lay
 Mark our hearts with shame
 Let our blood in vain
 You find God in pain
 Now
 If your convictions were a passing phase
 May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
 And as the vermin crawls we lay in the foundations of decay
 ♪
 He was there, the day the towers fell
 And so he wandered down the road
 And we would all build towers of our own
 Only to watch the roots corrode
 But it's much too late
 You're in the race
 So we'll press
 And press 'til you can't take it anymore
 Let our bodies lay
 Mark our hearts with shame
 Let our blood in vain
 You find God in pain
 And if by his own hand his spirit flies
 Take his body as a relic to be canonized
 Now
 And so he gets to die a saint but she will always be a whore
 ♪
 (You look stressed out)
 ♪
 Against faith (cage all the animals)
 Against all life ('cause the message must be pure)
 Against change (you can wander through the ruins)
 We are plagued (but the poison is the cure)
 You must fix your heart
 ♪
 And you must build an altar where it swells
 When the storm it gains
 And the sky it rains
 Let it flood
 Let it flood
 Let it wash away
 And as you stumble through your last crusade
 Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?
 And as the swarm it calls we lay in the foundations
 Yes, it comforts me much more
 ♪
 Yes, it comforts me much more
 To lay in the foundations of decay
 Get
 Up
 Coward