Wait and Hope

Intro

The iron gates grind shut

Limestone grit under broken nails

I sat in the dark

Verse 1

Thirteen years deep in the salt

Counting the drips

The stone grows cold against my back

Waiting for the priest

Digging for a chance to see the sun

Thirst and the rats

Betrayed for a wedding

Sold for a captain’s chair

The Mediterranean hides my face now

Chorus

Wait and hope

The Count has come to settle up

Wait and hope

The Count has come to claim his due

Wait and hope

Silver flows from a hidden cave

The reckoning begins today

Post-Chorus

Venom for the wicked

Blood for the sand

Vengeance in my hand

Verse 2

Paris smells of perfume and lies

They call me a Lord

A ghost in a velvet cape

Watch the banker shake

Watch the General sweat beneath his medals

A spider spinning a trap

One falls by his own greed

One falls by his own blade

One falls to the crushing shame

Chorus

Wait and hope

The Count has come to settle up

Wait and hope

The Count has come to claim his due

Wait and hope

Silver flows from a hidden cave

The reckoning begins today

Bridge

God granted the wealth

God granted the path

God granted the power

I am his sword

Mercy for the innocent

Fire for the false

They knew what they did

They saw what they took

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

The treasure of Faria is spent

Sails white against the blue

I am Edmund once more

A life left in ruins

Starting over where the water meets the sky

Forgive the old ghosts

Keep the memory tight

Cast the anger out to the deep

Chorus

Wait and hope

The Count has come to settle up

Wait and hope

The Count has come to claim his due

Wait and hope

Silver flows from a hidden cave

The reckoning begins today

Outro

Providence

Wait and hope

Wait and hope

The tide rolls out