Walls That Listen

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Stone walls hold my voice

Cold and gray they lean in close

I lit a candle for a girl I knew

Her name still burns my throat

The arches bend like ribs

Above the pews the air goes thin

Pre-Chorus

Sing it loud enough to crack

Sing it loud enough to wake the dead

Chorus

This is opera in stone

Every note a nail in me

This is opera in stone

Let the old walls take my plea

I am loud I am alone

This is opera in stone

Post-Chorus

Ah-ah ah-ah

Stone and song

Verse 2

The altar wears a shroud of shade

Priests are gone the candles stay

I was young I was afraid

Now I shout the fear away

Frost is creeping up the glass

Winter listens as I pass

Pre-Chorus

Sing it loud enough to crack

Sing it loud enough to wake the dead

Chorus

This is opera in stone

Every note a nail in me

This is opera in stone

Let the old walls take my plea

I am loud I am alone

This is opera in stone

Post-Chorus

Ah-ah ah-ah

Stone and song

Bridge

Break the bench

Break the bell

Break me open

Break me well

Break the bench

Break the bell

Break me open

Chorus

This is opera in stone

Every note a nail in me

This is opera in stone

Let the old walls take my plea

I am loud I am alone

This is opera in stone

Post-Chorus

Ah-ah ah-ah

Stone and song

Chorus

This is opera in stone

Every note a nail in me

This is opera in stone

Let the old walls take my plea

I am loud I am alone

This is opera in stone