Cathedral of Ash

[Verse 1] Beneath the moon, the candles bleed,

Their silver flames bow down to me.

A crown of thorns, a veil of black,

The saints all turn and won’t look back.

The marble cracks beneath my knees,

While angels choke on broken pleas.

I call your name through dust and bone,

But only echoes answer home.

[Pre-Chorus] O sorrow, sing,

With raven wings.

O silence, rise,

And blind the skies.

[Chorus] In the cathedral of ash, I scream,

Where heaven dies inside a dream.

The bells collapse, the shadows crawl,

I hear your ghost inside the walls.

Through fire, through blood, through endless night,

I tear the dark to find the light.

If I must burn, then let me be

The final hymn of tragedy.

[Verse 2] The altar wears a widow’s grin,

Confession rots beneath my skin.

The choir sings in tongues of flame,

Each note a blade, each breath your name.

A crimson rose, a shattered vow,

The past is kneeling with me now.

I drink the storm, I kiss the chain,

And wear my grief like holy pain.

[Pre-Chorus] O sorrow, sing,

With raven wings.

O silence, rise,

And blind the skies.

[Chorus] In the cathedral of ash, I scream,

Where heaven dies inside a dream.

The bells collapse, the shadows crawl,

I hear your ghost inside the walls.

Through fire, through blood, through endless night,

I tear the dark to find the light.

If I must burn, then let me be

The final hymn of tragedy. [Operatic outro]