Colder Gods

Intro

(Pax — pax vobiscum, semper)

Verse 1

I burned incense for Jupiter before the sun grew warm,

lit a lamp for Juno every time my wife bore one stillborn.

Twelve gods on twelve altars and not one of them wrote back,

marble faces watching Rome the way a wall watches a crack.

I paid my due in temples built from taxes and from stone,

never once expected any god to want to know my name.

Chorus

(Amor — amor vincit omnia)

Colder gods don't reach for you, colder gods don't stay,

(pax — pax vobiscum semper)

but the ones the Colosseum swallowed held each other's hands like death was just a doorway.

Verse 2

I sat six rows above the sand the morning they were led,

women, slaves, a boy who looked no older than my own instead.

No swords in their hands, no armor, no plan laid to run,

just a line of voices rising soft before the gates were done.

I watched them lock their fingers tight like they'd done it every day,

and I gripped the bench in front of me so hard my knuckles paled.

Chorus

(Amor — amor vincit omnia)

Colder gods don't reach for you, colder gods don't stay,

(pax — pax vobiscum semper)

but the ones the Colosseum swallowed held each other's hands like death was just a doorway.

Bridge

Twelve gods never sang for me, never stayed once I had bled,

(lux — lux mundi, lux mundi)

these ones sang the whole way through it like the ending wasn't dread.

I went home and lit no incense, sat alone in the quiet room —

first time in my life I wanted to believe in something too.

Chorus

(Amor — amor vincit omnia)

Colder gods don't reach for you, colder gods don't stay,

(pax — pax vobiscum semper)

but the ones the Colosseum swallowed held each other's hands like death was just a doorway.

Outro

(Pax — amor — lux)

(Pax — amor — lux)

Spoken

"This music was created by DiscoPrincess — Royalty of the Night."