Beneath The Means

Open the doors Introduce infectious spores through the halls Bite into nothing, extinguish the light Welcome to the rot of night Summon the void All essence ruined in ominous light Melting away into cups of malice Bathed in dismay, blinded eternal bliss Candles sputter in breathless halls Golden glow on walls that rot Laughter drips like venom sweet While famine gnaws beneath your feet Goblets brim with molten sky Chalice raised to hollow tides Hunger sated, debts repaid Banquet carved from brittle veins Meatless bones on silver trays Fingers grasp, but crumble away No harvest yields, no seed remains Yet still the feast adorns decay Goblets brim with molten sky Chalice raised to hollow tides Hunger sated, debts repaid Banquet carved from brittle veins Devour the hollow, drink deep the waste Feast upon famine, let hunger erase Bite into nothing, let bones collapse Drowning in opulence, kingdom of wax Devour the hollow, drink deep the waste Feast upon famine, let hunger erase Bite into nothing, let bones collapse Drowning in opulence, kingdom of wax Tables melt in flickering light Flesh turns brittle, swallowed by night Tongues taste dust, throats run dry Still the feast denies its lie Goblets brim with molten sky Chalice raised to hollow tides Hunger sated, debts repaid Banquet carved from brittle veins Drip by drip, the banquet fades Nothing but hollow parades When the last flame flickers and dies Who will remain to consume the sky?