Deadbolt the Backward Songtext
von Archspire

In the attic, hid by rot
The ulcer took my father into hell

Into the glass kairos infection
A portal into the young limb′s hunger
Melted sands of time built before earth mimicking life
Opening the gate into the seven kings reflective backward

Behold the frame of all things gone and not yet made
You can be the catalyst to unveil its grandeur
These are the words my father told me
Death will run when it sees your reflection
Beyond the coat of metal that the pane adheres to
Is a land uncharted, unlike any you could dream of

None could brace for the galactic impact of what came
Immediately teleported into the mirror
My father was taken, but his image remained
Gone for days or eons, I waited
Then finally, when I climbed down the ladder of the attic
I found my family dead and rotted


What had made them paralyzed and locked in contorted positions?
Is this real life, or am I trapped in an endless dead reflection?
A flood of new memories hits me, I had reshaped their limbs and then left them
Was this the mirror's will? I′m crawling back into the attic to deadbolt it

Deadbolt the Reflective Backward
Deadbolt the Reflective Backward

I can't leave them here like this
My conscience will not let me
Did my mother want a burial or cremation?
I will dig a pit beside the fig tree
Where she'd lay to relieve her pain
I′ll bury my siblings with her

And I remain, but the rest are gone
Their death incepted at the very second that my father exhumed the enemy of linear time
The outside is gone, the backward will not let me leave

I carry all their bodies into the kitchen
Lifting up the curtain, finding only black beyond the window
I break the glass, and a wretched light
Drowns me in a vibrant, blinding ocean
I fill up with a dark and viscous liquid
Next to my mother, brother, and my sister


They woke to drowned for decades with me in this well
Living an eternity in the ulcer
How do I escape to deadbolt the backward hell?

We′re one and the same
I and the refracting entity
One and the same
Split by the edge of the prism in front of me
I sink into pain
Knowing they're gone up there but remain alive here
I pull the black out of my mouth and climb the attic ladder

The glass had taken over, my father melting in it
Writhing and raveling, vomiting up his skin
Turning into towers of sinew
His many eyes twitching in agonized unison

The glass had taken over, my father melting in it
Writhing and raveling
Vomiting up his skin, turning into towers of sinew
His many eyes twitching in agonized unison

Hold the frame of all things gone and not yet made
You can be the catalyst to unveil its grandeur
These are the words my father told me
Death will run when it sees your reflection
Beyond the coat of metal that the pane adheres to
Is a land uncharted, unlike any you could dream of

None could brace for the galactic impact of what came
Open the refracting ulcer
Unlock the reflective backward
Gone for days or eons, I waited
Open the refracting ulcer
Unlock the reflective backward

Now the black lake will live inside me
One endless wave pulsing underneath the surface of my eyes
Now the black lake will live inside me
One endless wave pulsing underneath the surface of my eyes
Deadbolt the reflective backward