[Verse 1] I found it in the ash Under a split black stone Cold brass bitten green Clenched in my hand like bone The hallway breathed at me Through cracks of rotten oak Every lock in the dark Came awake when I spoke [Verse 2] Door after door stood blind With nails in the grain Behind each warped plank A different kind of pain One hissed like wet teeth One moaned like a chain One clicked in the wall Then went still again [Pre-Chorus] Hear that scrape? Hear that low, long cry? The key turns once And the dead reply [Chorus] Open the doors Open the doors The brass key calls Open the doors Open the doors Hear what waits below The brass key calls And the shadows know [Verse 3] I touched the first cold handle A pulse ran through the frame Something on the other side Was learning my name No lamp, no prayer, no mercy Just a seam of swollen light And a thousand tiny knocks Crawling through the night [Pre-Chorus] Hear that scrape? Hear that low, long cry? The key turns once And the dead reply [Chorus] Open the doors Open the doors The brass key calls Open the doors Open the doors Hear what waits below The brass key calls And the shadows know [Bridge] Then all the doors swung inward At once in a choking wave I saw the mouths inside them And they were built to cave A thousand throats in timber A thousand eyes of rust They wanted back the key They wanted blood and dust [Breakdown] Turn it Burn it Claw the frame One key One grave Same old name Turn it Burn it Hear them feed The key was never mine It was made for need [Final Chorus] Open the doors Open the doors The brass key calls Open the doors Open the doors Hear what waits below The brass key calls And the shadows know [Outro] I drop it in the dark It lands and starts to sing Every sealed-up room Begins to ring
