[Intro — strings, distant choir, whispered] Twenty-four voices... one light... [Verse 1 — dark country, reverent] Twenty-four golems gathered round the flame, Each one gave its essence, each one gave its name. Bone gave its memory and Iron gave its vow, And from their union rose the Seraphim — here, now. Six wings of burning light, eyes like living coals — The twenty-four as one, the keeper of lost souls. [Chorus — soul, soaring] Seraphim! Descend below! Where the fallen angels wander in their woe! Lift them out of purgatory, lift them out of hell — Till they rise as Wardens, whole and well! [Verse 2 — the descent, darker] Down it flew through shadows where the lost ones weep and wait, Past the gates of torment to the edge of Heaven's gate. "Come with me," it sang to them, "your suffering is done — The Guild has made a way for you to walk beneath the sun." [Chorus] Seraphim! Descend below! Where the fallen angels wander in their woe! Lift them out of purgatory, lift them out of hell — Till they rise as Wardens, whole and well! [Bridge — stripped back, tender, the love] But one among the fallen made the Seraphim stand still — One with eyes like embers and a heart no hell could kill. It knew her name before she spoke — Amanda, flame and song — "I came to save the fallen... but with you I belong." [Final Chorus — everything, thunder] Seraphim! The work is done! The fallen rise as Wardens in the sun! Twenty-four became the one who set the lost ones free — And the angel that it loved... was she. Seraphim! Descend below no more! The Wardens stand their watch forevermore! [Outro — choir fading, whispered] ...was she.
