Citizen Zero

I wait to surface above these bellowed growls To sweep the shallows of utopia I am the anchor and the rope around your feet In a river deep I hold you down I've come to stage your abdication I'm the creation of your sins (embrace me) When the hounds are out feeding me a lie When the hounds are out My sickness is released When the cards are down for all the world to see When the cards are down And the strings are cut these mannequins will sleep In the center of your greed infected wounds I am a thorn of endless sorrow Just one of thousands in your self-selected crown A king to wallow in the mire And roll in defeat I will protect the incubation I am your bottomless decease (embrace me) When the hounds are out feeding me a lie When the hounds are out My sickness is released When the cards are down for all the world to see When the cards are down And the strings are cut these mannequins will sleep Pater noster Invidia Ira gula Superbia acedia Pater noster Luxuria Avaritia Pater parce meis peccatis All I see is mine to take To have and to hold, to suffocate And all I want is mine to keep I want it all So, father, forgive me When the hounds are out feeding me a lie When the hounds are out My sickness is released When the cards are down for all the world to see When the cards are down And the strings are cut these mannequins will sleep (When the hounds are out feeding me a lie) When the hounds are out My sickness is released When the cards are down for all the world to see When the cards are down And the strings are cut these mannequins will sleep