The part where he sings:

"Pure as we begin
Here we have a stone
Gather, place, [erase, so / a razor]
Shelter turned to home"

I think he sings "Gather place, and raise.."
As in you know raising a house or home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroy_Erase_Improve ? (:

thts the only thing that could make me hear it as Erase do to Tool's meshuggah influence.

But otherwise. I think your right too

How about "place a race, so shelter turns to home"?

I personally think it's "and raise, so", but I wanted to offer some food for thought.

Personally, I heard "Gather, place, array so".