O Dark Cathedral

Intro

Verse 1

The midnight bell tolled thirteen times

My blood ran cold as funeral chimes

A single black rose wilts and dies

Reflected in my coffin's eyes

Pre-Chorus

A pale dead bride still haunts the aisle

The vampire counts his bones, meanwhile

Chorus

O dark cathedral! Hear my cry!

Beneath this blood-moon I shall die!

Stone saints watch with hollow eyes

As doom descends from stormy skies!

Instrumental

Verse 2

A weeping angel cracks in stone

Its marble tears fall down alone

The werewolf bays at full moon's light

While Death grins, "Lost the race tonight"

Pre-Chorus

My cursed bloodline, damned and torn

The last to bear the crown of thorns

Chorus

O dark cathedral! Hear my cry!

Beneath this blood-moon I shall die!

Stone saints watch with hollow eyes

As doom descends from stormy skies!

(Can-tor pe-cu-ni-am vult!)

(Magna pecunia!) (Maxima pecunia!)

Spoken Word

I gazed into the glass... and saw nothing.

For my soul is far too black to be reflected.

And yet... even my nothingness...

is so much prettier than my soul.

Bridge

I made a pact I cannot break

Three drops of blood for darkness' sake

No savior comes, no grace remains

Just thunder,

Just thunder, ash, and rusted chains

For I am doomed for all of time!!

Choir: solemn Latin chant, Dies irae style, 4 bars

Quisquis hoc cantat, stultus est

Stultior, qui audit

Final Chorus: key change up, full bombast

O dark cathedral! Hear my plea!

The chalice spills its blood for me!

The raven screams, the gargoyles weep!

My broken vow I cannot keep!

No savior comes, no grace remains

(Da cantori pecuniam!)

Just thunder, ash, and rusted chains

(Alioquin totam noctem queretur!)

O dark cathedral! Hear my cry!

Beneath this blood-moon I shall die!

Outro