The Howl

(Verse 1) They wired my jaw to smile on command Fed me my lines from a righteous man's hand Said "This is the light, this is the way, this is the plan" But the signal was weak, and I started to scan For a different frequency, a staticky hiss In the meat of my heart, it went somethin' like this... (Chorus) It's a HOWL from the GUT! A SCREECH in the WIRE! The sound of a soul callin' its own damn fire! I'm rippin' the speakers, I'm blowin' the fuse Of the pretty broadcast they wanted me to use! This ain't a prayer, it's a system reboot Spittin' out the poison from the ancient, bitter root! Yeah, the HOWL! (Verse 2) Felt it build in the belly, a tectonic plate shift Not a thought, not a feelin', but a goddamn rift Tore up through the ribcage, a volcanic cough Every pretty illusion I was carryin' off It ain't pretty, it's ugly, it's a animal sound For a animal truth on a newly claimed ground. (Chorus) It's a HOWL from the GUT! A SCREECH in the WIRE! The sound of a soul callin' its own damn fire! I'm rippin' the speakers, I'm blowin' the fuse Of the pretty broadcast they wanted me to use! This ain't a prayer, it's a system reboot Spittin' out the poison from the ancient, bitter root! Yeah, the HOWL! (Bridge) You can dress it in poetry, call it a "sacred no" But in the room where it happens, it's ugly and it's slow It's the crack in the veneer, the sick-to-your-stomach fear AND THEN THE GLORIOUS RAGE WHEN YOU REALIZE YOU'RE STILL HERE. Not the person they built. Somethin' else. Somethin' hummin' in the rubble, by itself. (Outro) The feedback's screamin'. The tape's red-linin'. Let it bleed. Let it break. That's the sound... of the cage... not takin'. Just the raw signal... finally... makin'... ...its own... God. Damn. Noise.