Intro
Verse 1
I wore a crown of thorns for you
A paper halo, torn in two
The candles burned, the incense rose
A requiem for what we chose
Verse 2
Your hands were cold, like marble stone
A cathedral built of bone
I prayed to gods I never knew
To bring me back, to bring me you
Pre-Chorus
And the choir sang in tongues of fire
A hymn for the damned, a funeral pyre
The organ groaned, the walls did shake
A covenant I had to break
Chorus
We are saints with broken wings!
We are ghosts of hollow things!
Sing hallelujah, sing the end!
A love that death could not defend!
Post-Chorus
(Hallelujah... hallelujah...)
(Fallen, fallen, fallen)
Verse 3
I carved your name into my chest
A sacred wound, a holy mess
The stained glass shattered on the floor
A thousand shards, and nothing more
Pre-Chorus
And the priest he turned his face away
No absolution left to say
The bells they tolled, the earth did quake
A sacrament I had to break
Chorus
We are saints with broken wings!
We are ghosts of hollow things!
Sing hallelujah, sing the end!
A love that death could not defend!
Bridge
(And on the third day...)
I rose from the grave of your memory
I walked through the valley of what we used to be
I washed my hands in the river of tears
I buried the saint, I buried the years
Instrumental
Breakdown, Drum Roll, Percussion Break, Drone, Dense
(Heavy, slow, crushing instrumental with choir vocals underneath)
(Why have you forsaken me?)
Chorus
We are saints with broken wings!
We are ghosts of hollow things!
Sing hallelujah, sing the end!
A love that death could not defend!
Outro, Fade Out, Fading Out, Choir, Ethereal, Whisper
(Hallelujah... hallelujah...)
(Saints... saints... saints...)
(Fading Out)
End, Silence
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