The Darkest Hour (October Artist Showcase)

[Intro] Hora noctis atrae Hora noctis atrae Circulus fractus est [Verse 1] Basement salt in a broken ring Four kids laughing at the old wording Candle leaned, name said wrong They skipped the line that keeps the door shut I was the knock they thought was thunder I was the draft they called a joke One of them read, one of them dared None of them drew the second circle Venite, stulti I came when called I did not come to leave [Pre-Chorus] No guard on the gate No name to contain You opened a mouth You forgot the chain [Chorus] The darkest hour Circulus fractus est The darkest hour Nulla custodia I wear the street like a borrowed coat I turn the porch light into smoke The darkest hour Ego sum hora The darkest hour Terra patet [Verse 2] They ran for the stairs, the stairs ran out The music box kept their little tune I walked it up through the kitchen dark Out past the town they thought was immune Not a king, not a crown, a leak in the hour Every wrong word was a wider door Sirens came late to a map gone thin I signed my name in the wind, not the floor Hora noctis atrae [Chorus] The darkest hour Circulus fractus est The darkest hour Nulla custodia I wear the street like a borrowed coat I turn the porch light into smoke The darkest hour Ego sum hora The darkest hour Terra patet [Violin Solo] [Bridge] You wanted a story You wanted a scare I am the paragraph You didn’t prepare Salt on the carpet Book on the stair The hour you summoned Is the hour I wear Terra patet Terra patet Ego sum hora [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] The darkest hour Circulus fractus est The darkest hour No second circle, no way back I am the leak, I am the lack The darkest hour The darkest hour And the hour doesn’t end [Outro] Hora noctis atrae Circulus fractus est You called I answered