The sacrifice for safety Leaving the desolate world of man The rancid carcass of continents Bereft of motivating despair The losses that we live through Toughen the skin, the illusions of sin The faults that we corrected Was inevitably wounds in the soil The scars are the mothers, a new dawn of man The lies are the fathers, biting the hand The scars are the mothers, a new dawn of man The lies are the fathers, biting the hand Under the sea lies the prophet An abyssal thought, a lucid dream Under the sea lights the prophet An end that stands the test of time Under the sea lies the prophet An abyssal thought, a lucid dream Under the sea lights the prophet An end that stands the test of time The gift of mutation A forced evolution left behind The trials of conviction Bearing the mark of our descendancy The echoes of the deep Spreads like venom through docile minds The grinning teeth of our lust resides So that people like you can survive Under the sea lies the prophet An abyssal thought, a lucid dream Under the sea lights the prophet An end that stands the test of time Under the sea lies the prophet An abyssal thought, a lucid dream Under the sea lights the prophet An end that stands the test of time A maelstrom of chaos Our presence never stood a chance The shrine of our binding Only bought us time The seals, the walls that hold us in place Dissipates in brine The last thing we learn for our service in vain Is that we were never meant to be alive Under the sea lies the prophet Under the sea lights the prophet Under the sea lies the prophet Under the sea lights the prophet