Heroes in the Static

[Intro] The curtain hangs like a funeral cloth

The spotlight burns the paint away

We wore our capes in borrowed faith

Then watched the heavens rot to gray

[Verse 1] We came in bright with trembling hands

Believing crowns were made for fools

The stage was set with broken glass

And every dream had different rules

The thunder laughed above the roof

The choir cracked behind the wall

We thought the night would make us kings

But night was waiting for our fall

[Pre-Chorus] No saints arrived

No trumpets cried

Just hollow names

And open eyes

[Chorus] We are heroes in the static

Burning out beneath the sound

Reaching up for dying starlight

While our shadows drag us down

We were golden for a moment

We were fire against the rain

Now the masks are split and shaking

And the glory tastes like pain

[Verse 2] The ballroom turned into a battleground

The velvet throne became a cage

We fed our hearts to hungry lights

And called it love upon the stage

The mirrors learned our secret names

The candles bent like guilty men

We tried to crawl back through the door

But nothing opened up again

[Pre-Chorus] No wings came near

No hands appeared

Just painted smiles

And swallowed fear

[Chorus] We are heroes in the static

Burning out beneath the sound

Reaching up for dying starlight

While our shadows drag us down

We were golden for a moment

We were fire against the rain

Now the masks are split and shaking

And the glory tastes like pain

[Bridge] Who saves the saviors

When the saviors break

Who crowns the dreamers

When the dreamers wake

The gods in the rafters

Were only dust

The throne was a hunger

The crown was rust

[Breakdown] Fall down

Rise black

No crown

No way back

Lights fade

Walls scream

We bleed

For the dream

[Final Chorus] We are heroes in the static

Burning out beneath the sound

Reaching up for dying starlight

While our shadows drag us down

We were golden for a moment

We were fire against the rain

Now the masks are split and shaking

And the glory tastes like pain

[Outro] The curtain falls, the stage goes blind

The choir leaves no song behind

We crawl from all we tried to be

Still haunted by the pageantry