Aidan Bernales - Cult leader/ad populum lyrics

{Intro} This body is not mine to own Oh that I know, oh that I know {Verse 1} This body is not mine to own Oh that I know, oh that I know I know I owe these hands, this soul To someone bigger than I know I tore a limb to make it work Unzipped my skin, undid my curls Clasped both my lips, screamed in distraught I am a fraud Yeah, I’m so sorry Oh, I’m so sorry I made you think I was the Promised Was the chosen The beholden to I’m sorry I ricochet like a bullet I’m not a prophet, I’m a hooligan Imposter syndrome is true again I got your letters I’m sorry My parents’ love is so bright But i think i’m giving in tonight Cuz I can’t even hold a candle to you My love will never fit within you {Instrumental} {Verse 2} I ran a cult when I was young I told my loved ones, here you come I took the breath out my own lungs Because this body’s not my own In the violence of it all Join me in the cult In the violence of it all Join me in the cult Oh, I don’t know (7x) {Outro} When you go in, you know how it ends You fell in love because he had raven-black hair that matched your eyes And he told you his stories in parables When you go in, you know how it begins He takes your hand and presses his forehead on yours and whispers you name like you’re a kingdom Builds you a city and calls you Jerusalem And so you trim your hair and take the glass innocence that cleared your eyes When you go in, you know you’re blind You know the lashes hurt, but he tells you they are feathers for you to fly He lies, he lies All his arguments are ad populum, sounding like an ultimatum But you never disagree Because just like how his family loves him, you love him with no obligation Just pure sacrifice And when he dies, you know you’ll carry his body in your arms And make a city out of him Pick the scourge he used on you and whip them on your back For you to fly To be with him - A false god, a false prophet But how How do we know which ones are real, anyways? When you go in, you know how it ends This is how it ends