Leviathan

Leviathan is a giant sea serpent found in both mythology and theology, an embodiment of chaos often identified in Christian tradition with the demon of the deadly sin of envy.

In this song, I explore the idea of a Leviathan that feeds on its own lore. Attention feeds the legend, and the legend makes the monster larger. No human can defeat its chaos.

Sometimes, the only thing you can do is starve it.

Audio experience created using Suno.

There’s a monster in the deep
Leviathan his name
He leaves destruction in his wake
And fingers point with blame

His rage has countless tentacles
That reach across the tide
He seeks to sink a fleet of ships
That simply passed him by

Do not feed Leviathan
Do not ever call his name
Every time we tell the tale
It just adds kindling to his flame

Do not feed Leviathan
Leave him to the deep alone
Monsters seldom make themselves
They grow from all that we have thrown

Leviathan… Leviathan…

Leviathan
Leviathan

Leviathan sleeps in the deep
Until the world takes note
A monster made of pent-up rage
And words caught in his throat

Leviathan’s a tidal wave
A whirlpool dark and deep
Once you are caught, he’ll pull you down
Until he falls asleep

Do not feed Leviathan
Do not ever call his name
Every time we tell the tale
It just adds kindling to his flame

Do not feed Leviathan
Leave him to the deep alone
Monsters seldom make themselves
They grow from all that we have thrown

Leviathan… Leviathan…

Leviathan
Leviathan

If someone seeks to take him down
Or tries to shrink his size
Leviathan will only grow
His legend fed by lies

Leviathan cannot be slain
Each harpoon builds a stage
The monster starves when silence
Leaves him all alone to rage

Do not feed Leviathan
Do not ever call his name
Every hand that points towards him
Feeds the creature just the same

Do not feed Leviathan
Leave him to the deep alone
Monsters seldom make themselves
They grow from all that we have thrown

Leviathan… Leviathan…

Leviathan
Leviathan

We thought it didn’t matter
That all monsters were the same

But Leviathan remembered

Every morsel. Every name.

Every curious little hand
That thought itself too small to blame

We all fed Leviathan

And Leviathan became.

Do not feed Leviathan
Do not ever call his name
Every hand that points towards him
Feeds the creature just the same

Do not feed Leviathan
Leave him to the deep alone
Monsters seldom make themselves
They grow from all that we have thrown

Leviathan… Leviathan…

Leviathan

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