Choir in the Cracked Cathedral

Lyrics

Verse 1
Rats in the hymnals
Dust on the saints
Moon through the rose glass
Paints your face
Candles burn sideways
Wax like veins
Something in the rafters
Knows your name

Chorus
In the cracked cathedral (come inside)
Every shadow breathes
Every shadow hides
All the buried prayers
Crawling back to life tonight
In the cracked cathedral (step too close)
Every echo answers what you never spoke
And the choir you hear
Is the ones who never left alive

Verse 2
Pews carved with fingernails
Dates and pleas
Organ keys yellowed
Missing teeth
Footsteps behind you
But no one's there
Only your heartbeat
Kneeling in the air

Chorus
In the cracked cathedral (come inside)
Every shadow breathes
Every shadow hides
All the buried prayers
Crawling back to life tonight
In the cracked cathedral (step too close)
Every echo answers what you never spoke
And the choir you hear
Is the ones who never left alive

Bridge
Clock hands frozen
On thirteen past
Incense tastes
Like ash and glass
Crosses tilt
As the floorboards sigh
Something laughs softly
When you try to cry

Chorus
In the cracked cathedral (come inside)
Every shadow breathes
Every shadow hides
All the buried prayers
Crawling back to life tonight
In the cracked cathedral (step too close)
Every echo answers what you never spoke
And the choir you hear
Is the ones who never left alive (still alive)
Is the ones who never left alive