Shell Protocol

Intro

Shell protocol

Shell protocol

I know the sequence

I know it's cold

Verse

Exoskeleton

Cracks at the seam

I know it splits

I know what's underneath

New skin waiting

Soft in the dark

I know the process

I know where to start

Pre-Chorus

Tell me why I shed it

Tell me why it hardens back

I know the pattern

I know the exact

Chorus

Shell protocol

I know it repeats

Shell protocol

Under the concrete

Verse

Layer on layer

Same shape each time

I know the casing

Isn't really mine

Molt in the corner

Dust on the floor

I know the outline

Outlasts what it's for

Pre-Chorus

Tell me why I shed it

Tell me why it hardens back

I know the pattern

I know the exact

Chorus

Shell protocol

I know it repeats

Shell protocol

Under the concrete

Bridge

Not the body

Not the flesh inside

Just the process

Running on the outside

I know it's strange

I know it's real

The shell keeps forming

Long after I feel

Chorus

Shell protocol

I know it repeats

Shell protocol

Under the concrete

Outro

Shell protocol

Shell protocol

Still repeating

Still repeating

Shell protocol