Beneath the skin of the world I fall
Past the reach of the sun's last call
Pressure speaks in a crushing hymn
A cathedral where light grows dim
Echoes crawl through the endless black
No footprints here, no turning back
The compass spins, the stars all drown
In a kingdom never crowned
Silence breathes, alive, aware
It knows my name, it knows my fear
In the luminous deep, I descend alone
Where the unknown wears a living throne
Eyes of fire in the cold unseen
I am swallowed by the space between
No gods, no ground, just secrets keep
I am bound to the luminous deep
Currents whisper forgotten lore
Of bones that knock on the ocean floor
Shapes that bend where reason breaks
Dreams entombed in tectonic waves
Time dissolves in a crushing stare
Depths that strip me bare
What sleeps below is not dead
It dreams in blue and black and red
Heartbeat slows, the dark draws near
Truths arise, disguised as fear
In the luminous deep, I shed my skin
Where the light is born from within
Fathoms scream but never speak
I taste the dark, it tastes me
No heaven waits, no hell beneath
Only awe in the luminous deep
Deeper than faith, deeper than flame
No surface memory, no human name
The deep stares back, and I finally see
The monster below... has always been me
In the luminous deep, I am unmade
A flicker of thought in an endless grave
The stars above have lost their hold
Here, the dark is bright and cold
I embrace what I cannot keep
I dissolve in the luminous deep
No light returns, no prayers ascend
Only the deep... without an end