[Intro] [pipe organ, staccato strings, brass fanfare] [double-kick drums and distorted guitar gallop enter] [Choir] Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison [Verse 1] [Male tenor vocals, palm-muted guitar] I am the anchor of the valley Rooted deep in the limestone floor Watching the horizon fracture and heal The pressure of time is a heavy rain I feel the seasons peel away my skin A slow surrender with the scent of salt The sky begins to buckle and sway Distant thunder is the only law we obey [Chorus] [Full band, soaring vocals, choir backing] We reap the hope of the falling sun Tides of iron rising to the crest The weight of the ages is never done In the silence where the brave souls rest Kyrie eleison I witness the cycle of the broken crown I witness the cycle of the broken crown As the granite turns to dust [Verse 2] Empires are merely salt on the tongue Dissolving in the heat of the noon My surface is etched with the names of ghosts Who thought they could hold the moon I am the axis that draws blue light The tension builds in the hollow stone The sky begins to buckle and sway Distant thunder is the only law we obey [Chorus] We reap the hope of the falling sun Tides of iron rising to the crest The weight of the ages is never done In the silence where the brave souls rest Kyrie eleison I witness the cycle of the broken crown I witness the cycle of the broken crown As the granite turns to dust [Bridge] [Choir chants, pipe organ solo] Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Break the alignment Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Pure redemption storm Pure redemption storm Pure redemption storm Dominus Deus Sabaoth [Chorus] We reap the hope of the falling sun Tides of iron rising to the crest The weight of the ages is never done In the silence where the brave souls rest Kyrie eleison I witness the cycle of the broken crown I witness the cycle of the broken crown As the granite turns to dust [Outro] [Bells tolling, strings fading] The bells are ringing for the end
