The Vessel Lyrics

Embrace them in my veins

Complaisant, I am numb

Cultivation of my self-neglect

The stench of awful and decay I inhale

Into my lungs

Den of iniquity

Repulsive sanctuary

A life of self-inflicted solitude

This is my home

And my tomb

A willing tribute for guests in their cutaneous feast

And I can almost hear them singing

New life

How could I ever deny

Such a gift as this to have been offered?

Let them feast

Let them gather

Let the ulcers swell and fester

Ripened until they almost rupture

Pus-filled absolute delight

I watch them nourishing upon the blight

No care for

The vessel

Let filth flow within my veins

Destruct

The construct

And die without a name

This is not

Hell nor bliss

No need to ask for help

Forfeit this useless life

Of nothing more than your own fucking hell

My sight grows dim

Ocular cavities, just swelling sores

I should be concerned, but I find it so enjoyable

Convulsing in excitement's throes

My failing organs twist and start deploying

A pestilent tide

Swim in the feces and flesh

Discharged and running through my feet

No care for

The vessel

Let filth flow within my veins

Destruct

This structure

And die without a name

This is not

Hell nor bliss

No need to ask for help

Forfeit this useless life

Of nothing more than your own fucking hell

Grotesque

And odious

They care not for us

Forgotten, left to rot for months

It's swelling in my guts

Through all this, I live

Through torment and sin

Watching the maggots dance upon my skin

Putrefaction smiling grim

A face of festering depositories

Construct is caving in

These wounds do not bleed

They fester and weep

Pulsing for release from the crimson sheet

Oh, I'm twitching with delight

The fragile confines of my hollow shell now cracking

Defiling the design

Within my guts,

I have cultivated

Gnawing at the walls until they break them

Hollowed, exsanguinated

I hear the choir chanting high

A willing tribute for guests in their cutaneous feast

And I can almost hear them singing

New life

How could I ever deny

Such a gift as this to have been offered?

Let them feast

Let them gather

Let the ulcers swell and fester

Ripened until they almost rupture

Pus-filled absolute delight

I watch them nourishing upon the blight

No care for

The vessel

Let filth flow within my veins

Destruct

This structure

And die without a name

This is not

Hell nor bliss

No need to ask for help

Forfeit this useless life

Of nothing more than your own fucking hell

Deafening, choking masses

Flowers yet to bloom

The gases seeping from my writhing husk

Creating such a sweet perfume I waft

It won't be long before the hive combusts

They push out from the womb

Stepping into my confines

Shocked faces stricken with sickness

From what they saw inside

Nobody knew me, nobody cared

This cost of maternity's kiss

I am ready to bear

No care for who I've been

I'm now becoming whole

The shifting of my skin

This flesh puppet they now control

My sacrifice to the unborn

Just clutching my distended gut

Gaunt-less gray lips now part, ejecting foul internal thrusts

Grotesque

And odious

They care not for us

Forgotten, left to rot for months

It's flowing in my guts

Oh, sweet scent of decay

My smiling rictus visage growing bigger by the day

Jaw slack in gap

Twisted in its shape

The lord of the swarm

Within me is born

Sweet scent of decay

My smiling rictus visage growing bigger by the day

The lord of the swarm

Within me is born

The flies have now found their home

My home, my tomb