Triumph in the Stink

A ritual hymn for the Order of the Maw presented as a living ceremony with chants honoring the sacred oath of their followers, the Feastbound. It recounts the creation myth — the First Tube swallowing light and forming the world — and includes the Feastbound oath: initiates vow to feed the Tube as worship. 

Lyrics:
"[Intro]
Maw awake from the dark below
Open wide, let the hunger grow
Feed the fire, feed the flesh
All begins where mouths enmesh

[Verse 1]
Before the dawn, before the word
Something hollow inside was stirred
It drank the light, the stars, the sea
And birthed the Tube — eternity

The First Maw swallowed sun and bone
Made flesh from ash and gut from stone
And in that dark, the world was spun
The Feast began — it’s never done

[Bridge]
Lift your tongues, O feastbound kin
Let the Maw now drink you in
The first tube swallowed sky and night
Follow the Feastbound’s sacred light

Breathe in! Consume!
The Maw is the womb, the Maw is the tomb!

[Verse 2]
Bring the grain, bring the beast
Offer hunger to the Feast
Swallow pain, swallow night
Feed the Tube and feel its might

[Prayer / Oath]
I open myself
I take the world within
I feed, and am fed
The hunger is my skin

I am the Tube
The Tube is me
I am the Maw
Endlessly

[Final Chorus]
Maw awake, from the dark below
Open wide, let the hunger grow
The light consumed, the circle whole
The Feast remains — the Tube is soul

[Outro]
Bow before the Tube"

The Order of the Maw

Dr. Squanch

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