In The Tower

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Midnight finds me at the stairwell

Candles guttering and low

Something breathing in the stonework

Counting footsteps as I go

Thirteen landings thirteen locks

And a door that hums alone

Pre-Chorus

I was warned

Oh I was warned

Chorus

In the tower something waits for me

In the tower where the bells don't ring

In the tower I will face the thing

That wears my name

In the tower

In the tower

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) Higher higher

(Oh-oh) Climb the wire

Verse 2

Portraits turn their faces inward

When I pass they shut their eyes

Every window nailed with iron

Every mirror tells me lies

My own shadow walks ahead now

Reaching for the highest room

Pre-Chorus

I was warned

Yes I was warned

Chorus

In the tower something waits for me

In the tower where the bells don't ring

In the tower I will face the thing

That wears my name

In the tower

In the tower

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) Higher higher

(Oh-oh) Climb the wire

Bridge

Rattle the rafters

Rattle my ribs

Rattle the rope that holds the bell

If I am brave then I am foolish

If I am foolish then I'm well

Let the cold climb in my collar

Let the dark undo my coat

I will knock upon the timber

I will look it in the throat

Breakdown

Climb climb climbing

Climb climb climb

Chorus

In the tower something waits for me

In the tower where the bells don't ring

In the tower I will face the thing

That wears my name

In the tower

In the tower

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) Higher higher

(Oh-oh) Climb the wire

Outro

(Oh-oh)

(Oh-oh)