About
Opera rock orchestra alternative slap medieval times
Lyrics
Verse 3
Beneath the vaulted arch where shadows crawl
I dip my quill in gall and truth for all
The Marquis brings a purse of tainted gold
A fabricated tale he seeks to mold
But parchment knows no master but the light
Though stone-cold cell grows dim as coming night
He commands a lie to crown his hollow name
I seal the wax against his venal shame
Bridge
Vellum skin of martyred saints
Bound in hides without constraints
A script of fire on frozen sheets
The logic of the cloister beats
Against the swords and silken lies
While honor in his heavy coffer dies
Chorus
Oh witness of the silent room
Carving grace amidst the gloom
Every stroke a weapon drawn
Through the twilight to the dawn
Ink shall bleed when kings forget
Justice pays the final debt
Silent monk with open hand
Writing ruins cross the land
Outro
Veritas manet
No lie shall stain the white
Veritas manet
Born in holy light
The scribe has spoken
The seal
Verse 4
He seeks to burn the word but word is stone
Though pillars crack and marble towers groan
I watch from depths where candle flame is low
The harvest that the liar came to sow
From hand to hand the secret wisdom flies
Before his court where every virtue dies
The tyrant finds his armor made of glass
As humble script beholds his glory pass
Chorus
Oh witness of the silent room
Carving grace amidst the gloom
Every stroke a weapon drawn
Through the twilight to the dawn
Ink shall bleed when kings forget
Justice pays the final debt
Silent monk with open hand
Writing ruins cross the land
Drop
Veritas
Veritas
Et lux in tenebris lucet
Veritas
The word
The truth
Unbroken
Veritas
Outro
Falsitas perit
The ink is dry and deep
Falsitas perit
While wicked nobles sleep
One lone man with trembling pen
Stronger than ten thousand men
The record stands
The light expands
Amen
Amen
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