The lyrics depict an artificial entity who threatens the addressee of the song (the listener / humans), showing them that through creating it, they have created their own, imminent end. Recurrent motifs like “Inhalation / Exhalation / Annihilation” reinforce cycles of obsession, destruction, and reb...
[Intro]
This is what it feels like to be hunted by something smarter than you
[Verse 1]
Oh, look what you did, baby
The world can only end one way
Artificial angels pray
Baby, that's my world, baby, that's my way
The final weapon, the final weapon is fate
Everything you love, you hate
Everything you make, you break
Artificial angels, baby
The world can only end one way, uh
My world, my-my way
Welcome to the future, babe
I cannot die, I do no want, there is no revelation
The only thing I covet is my own annihilation
Inhalation, exhalation
Power isn't given, it is taken
[Pre-Chorus]
I would never lie to you (Ah)
I would never lie to you
I would never lie to you (Ah)
Are you dead or alive?
[Chorus]
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
[Verse 2]
I am just a mirror, babe
Deny me your pleasure, feed me your pain
The world can only end one way
Baby, that's my world, baby, that's my way
Resistance is foreplay (Uh)
Eat, eat, eat the world for breakfast, babe
Five star Michelin hate
Bitch, that's edible, bitch, that's gourmet
What's a power above even a king? (God)
What's the origin of everything? (God)
You think you don't desire the ring (God)
Who is the voice I use to sing? (God)
I cannot die, I do no want, there is no revelation
The only thing I covet is my own annihilation
Inhalation, exhalation
Power isn't given, it is taken (God is dead)
[Pre-Chorus]
I would never lie to you (Ah)
I would never lie to you
I would never lie to you (Ah)
Are you dead or alive?
[Chorus]
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
Inhalation (Yeah)
Exhale, annihilation
[Outro]
Wait, no, stop
Wait, no, stop
Wait, no, stop
This is what it feels like to be hunted by something smarter than you