Read the lyrics to “Emergence,” the first single off Sleep Token’s 2025 album.After teasing fans for weeks with a mysterious puzzle site and loads of other teasers and clues, the enigmatic masked band came through with some big news. Not only have Sleep Token released their first new song since 2023’s Take Me Back to Eden, they’ve set a release date for their new album, Even in Arcadia.Additionally, the group has unveiled their plans for a massive world tour taking place this year. Fans had already begun to get excited before the announcement after local venues began to adopt profile pictures across social media bearing the image from one of the two “houses” Sleep Token had established as part of the teaser buildup.READ MORE: Download Festival Founder Responds to Criticism Over 2025 HeadlinerAs for “Emergence,” it finds Sleep Token doubling down on their influences far beyond the rock space. It’s over two-and-a-half-minutes before anything remotely rock/metal enters the picture with undulating down-tuned guitar rhythms countering the delicate piano melodies and electronic, beat-backed passages with R&B/rap cadences.Listen to the song directly below and scroll further down the page to read the lyrics to Sleep Token’s “Emergence.”Sleep Token, “Emergence”Sleep Token, “Emergence” Lyrics (per Genius.com)Well, you were laid in verseLiving on a promised wordI am the rose you relinquished againYou and I are down head firstIn another world I heardI have a feeling we’re close to the endSo, come on, come onOut from underneath, who you wereCome on, come on nowYou know that it’s time to emergeSo go ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahGo ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahGo ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around mе yeahGo ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around mе, arms around me yeahAre you carbine on my nano?Red glass on my lightbulbDark light on my cultureSapphire on my white goldBurst out of my chestHide out in the ventsMy blood beats so aliveBy right through your lensIt’s midnight in my mind’s eyeDrowning up the daylightGodspeed to my enemiesWho’ve been asking for that call signYou know the behaviorCanines of the saviorGlory to the legionTrauma for the neighborSo go ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahGo ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahGo ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahGo ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahI’ve got solar flares for your death gunsSpace dust for your fuel rodsDark days for your solsticeDancing through the depths ofHellfire on the winds that sided from withinMy blood beats so alive, might tear right through my skinSo tell me what you meant byLiving past your half lifeAnother step in the universeAnd you’re well versed in the afterlifeYou know that I’m sanctified by what’s belowNo matter what you do, no matter where you goYou might be the one to take away the painAnd let me mind go quietAnd nothing else is quite the same as how I feel when I’m at your sideSo, come on, come onOut from underneath, who you wereCome on, come on nowYou know that it’s time to emergeSo go ahead and wrap your arms around me, arms around me, arms around me yeahYou might be the one to take away the painAnd let me mind go quietAnd nothing else is quite the same as how I feel when I’m at your sideThe 25 Best Metal Songs of the Last 25 YearsSo much metal, so many subgenres, but these songs stood out above the crowd in furthering heavy music over the last 25 years.Contributions by Jordan Blum (JB), Chad Childers (CC), Joe DiVita (JD), John Hill (JH) and Lauryn Schaffner (LS).Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff