Devolution

"Devolution" is the 7th track from Starset's fourth album, HORIZONS.

Background
The song premiered on October 21, 2021 in a Youtube livestream to celebrate the album's release.

While the name is "Devolution", the word is never said within the song, instead using "de-evolution". "De-evolution" is, as may be obvious, a reversal of evolution, an undoing of progress, etc. "Devolution", on the other hand, refers to the relegation of power within a sovereign state to a smaller section of that state, giving them somewhat autonomous control over their own rules and regulations. It can also be used to mean "de-evolution", but given that the lyrics are deliberately spelled differently from the title, it can be inferred that both meanings were intended.

Lyrics
we've been burying the pages we've been trying to erase this built a wall between the truth and us and it's not enough we've burned through all the witches from the paupers to the righteous In a bubble that will never bust and it’s not enough left blind in the darkness but that’s fine cause you like it sheep becoming wolves and you eat from the paw so open up and say “ah” let's all spoon feed on our own delusions all I see is a fake revolution the same old things with the same solutions it's anarchy it’s de-evolution it’s de-evolution there’s no wood for the bridges when the land is too divided we’ve been fighting off the undertow now we fall below so open up and take your medicine and say “ah” let's all spoon feed on our own delusions all I see is a fake revolution the same old things with the same solutions it's anarchy it’s de-evolution convoluted lies it's the end that you prophesize and it's all pretend from a bargain Darwin and you’re inside the plan while the lord of flies Is opening its maw and the wolves take out their claws you still eat straight from the paw you still eat straight from the paw you still eat straight from the paw open up, open up, open up and say “ah” let's all spoon feed on our own delusions all I see is a fake revolution the same old things with the same solutions it's anarchy it’s de-evolution it’s de-evolution