Collapse in Penance

A lifetime of preparation

Finally coming together

At the cost of so many lives

And relentless torture

We broke the Kholoss to our will

The time has come, depart for the depths

We searched the skies until our eyes bled

Only to discover the outer emptiness

Days of descent behind our captives

In the antechamber the entrance is revealed

Fear strikes the hearts of the Brezhram

As voices swell in our minds

The tunnels crumbled over my men

Broken bodies, mashed by rocks

Sanity scattered like their bones

Some run in the middle of the night

Deep in the dark, on the paths

Of this sprawling forest

Our soil is artificial, generations of lies

Only temples under temples, sedimented ruins

Industrial remnants, strata of madness

What will we find under those

Ruins, rubbles and copper

Eerie noises in the darkness

A greater mystery lies here, cybernetic ecosystem

What role do they have in the great scheme of things

We prayed false gods until our souls bled

Fought amongst ourselves, dominated by ignorance

From the cavity walls, carved bridges hang like lianas

Gigantic spherical cave, a world within our world

In its center, a primordial egg-cell

Kholoss guarding a vessel

What is this, at the core of our planet?

Entangled mass of rocks and alloys

Is it the one we’ve been looking for?

We’ll fight to the end, find the answer

Suddenly as we approached the heart

A screeching nest of fury

Sheer brutality

Ranks wiped out with soulless precision

Chimeras of machinery

Annihilate our quest for truth, we presumed too much

Thought we'd be given answers as if they were owed to us

None of this is true

We disturbed something, we were so sure

Protected and loved us, we were mistaken

No one will make it out of here

Poor mortals tinkering with concepts out of your grasp

Ignorant and destructive beings, blinded by arrogance

Despite my will, I am bound to save you again and again

Cursing the treacherous laws etched forever in my consciousness