Ghost Shaped Error

Lyrics

A god-shaped error occupied the frame A lucid fault beneath the thought It turned compulsion into something grand And made obedience feel self-taught It kept accounts within the lower mind Each doubt converted into dues Its little kingdom fed on borrowed awe And made each fear become its proof You are the god-shaped error The flaw I learned to praise A panic dressed as providence A fever crowned with grace Your miracles were pressure Your mercy was coercion I do not cast you out tonight I revoke your jurisdiction The palimpsest surrendered line by line Its oldest instruction surfaced plain: Manufacture guilt, then sell relief And teach the debtor to applaud the claim Behind the spectacle, the mechanism clicked Converting reverence into consent The grandeur peeled away in lacquered strips Exposing appetite and intent You are the god-shaped error The flaw I learned to praise A panic dressed as providence A fever crowned with grace Your miracles were pressure Your mercy was coercion I do not cast you out tonight I revoke your jurisdiction The ending came without a sign One clean conclusion cut the air: Divinity is only theater When terror leaves the audience The throne became an ornament The verdict lost its consequence The firmament was scenery Suspended by my deference You were the god-shaped error The flaw I learned to praise A panic dressed as providence A fever crowned with grace Your miracles were pressure Your mercy was coercion I do not cast you out tonight I end your jurisdiction The architecture shuddered once Then lost its argument for being The vast machine became mere parts And I remained The one still speaking