All About Sentry - I Want To Be The Void

/// A SENTRY SONG CREATED WITH AI /// https://x.com/AllAboutSentry /// LYRICS Everybody keeps telling me I'm supposed to be afraid. They tell me there's something inside me, Something I should never let awake. But I don't feel afraid. I feel... relieved. Because every time I close my eyes I see the world the way it really is. Fragile. Temporary. Waiting to break. And somehow I already know how. I don't have to think about it. I don't have to learn the way. I just reach into the darkness And the darkness knows my name. I WANT TO BE THE VOID! I WANT TO WATCH THE LIGHT GO OUT! I WANT TO FEEL THE WORLD COLLAPSE WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH! I WANT TO BE THE VOID! I WANT TO LET THE CHAOS IN! I don't have to fight the darkness— I can finally let it win! Why should I save What was always meant to fall? Why should I love When I can have it all? I WANT TO BE THE VOID! And suddenly... I don't feel wrong at all. I used to think that hurting people Was something I would never do. Now I see the look inside their eyes And I know exactly what to do. It's almost effortless. A word. A thought. A little pressure in the right place. And suddenly somebody's screaming while I watch their whole world change. I don't even have to hate them. That's the part they don't understand. I don't need a reason. I don't need permission. I just... can. Maybe this is what I've always been. Maybe this is why I'm here. Maybe every time I tried to be a hero I was only fighting what was clear. I WANT TO BE THE VOID! I WANT TO WATCH THE LIGHT GO OUT! I WANT TO FEEL THE WORLD COLLAPSE WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH! I WANT TO BE THE VOID! I WANT TO LET THE CHAOS IN! I don't have to fight the darkness— I can finally let it win! Why should I save What was always meant to fall? Why should I love When I can have it all? I WANT TO BE THE VOID! And suddenly... I don't feel wrong at all. Lindy tells me, "Bob, you're not like this." But how would she know? She only knows the man I pretended to be. The man who wanted everyone safe. The man who wanted everyone happy. The man who kept pretending that the world could be made perfect. Maybe that was the delusion. Maybe this is the truth. Because when I see somebody suffer, something inside me doesn't scream. It smiles. And when I see something beautiful, I start wondering how easily I could destroy it. Maybe I'm not becoming something. Maybe I'm remembering. I WANT TO BE THE VOID. Say it again. I WANT TO BE THE VOID. There's no fear in it anymore. I WANT TO BE THE VOID. There's no guilt. I WANT TO BE THE VOID. There's no question. Because if I am the Void... then everything I've done was always going to happen. Every broken body. Every burning city. Every scream. Every moment I told myself I was still a good man— It all makes sense now. I wasn't losing control. I was finally taking it. I AM THE VOID! I AM THE END! I AM THE THING YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND! I AM THE SHADOW! I AM THE FLAME! I DON'T NEED A REASON TO DESTROY YOUR NAME! YOU CALL IT EVIL! I CALL IT FREE! YOU CALL IT MADNESS! IT FEELS LIKE ME! I DON'T NEED TO BECOME WHAT I ALREADY AM! I AM THE VOID! AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! I WANT TO BE THE VOID! I WANT TO WATCH THE HEAVENS DIE! I WANT TO REACH INTO THE WORLD AND TEAR THE FUTURE FROM THE SKY! I WANT TO BE THE VOID! I WANT TO FEEL THE CHAOS BREATHE! I don't want your salvation. I don't want your sympathy. I don't want to save them. I don't want to understand. I don't want to be your hero. I JUST WANT TO BE WHAT I AM. I WANT TO BE THE VOID! And now I finally see— Maybe there was never a monster inside me. Maybe... the monster was me.