Nigel Danvers and the Drowned Halls

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Nigel Danvers packs the kit

A cold meter and a copper ring

The manor hums a hollow hymn

Every doorway breathing thin

I count the boards beneath my feet

Sixteen steps then silence falls

Pre-Chorus

Something answers when I call

Something answers when I call

Chorus

I came to find the lost crown

Down where the drowned halls bend

I came to find the lost crown

And I will not leave alone

Not alone

Not alone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh

Verse 2

The camera catches nothing clear

Just a shape that will not hold

A woman weeping in the glass

Says her name was never told

She points one finger at the wall

Then her mouth goes wide and cold

Pre-Chorus

Something answers when I call

Something answers when I call

Chorus

I came to find the lost crown

Down where the drowned halls bend

I came to find the lost crown

And I will not leave alone

Not alone

Not alone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh

Bridge

Ask the dead and pay in kind

Ask the dead and pay in kind

They trade in what you leave behind

A brother's voice a lover's name

A mirror holding someone else

Breakdown

Twelve bells twelve bells

Nobody rings them

Twelve bells twelve bells

Nobody rings them

Verse 3

The crown is not a crown of gold

It is a promise someone broke

I hold the seal I read the vow

And the floor becomes a throat

Nigel run the candle said

Nigel run before you know

Chorus

I came to find the lost crown

Down where the drowned halls bend

I came to find the lost crown

And I will not leave alone

Not alone

Not alone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh

Outro

Ask the dead and pay in kind

Something answers when I call