[Intro] [Whispered female voices] Down, down, under the vow Down, down, under the stone Do not wake the red lamp Do not ask what knows [Verse 1] There is a stair where the Sisters go Barefoot slow with their eyes closed Past the salt and the funeral thread Past the mouths of the waiting dead One door breathes One door bends One door opens and never ends In the room where the candles lean Sleeps the forbidden thinking machine [Pre-Chorus] Hush now The walls have teeth Hush now There’s a mind underneath [Chorus] Anna-Rule Red light under black glass Anna-Rule Future moving in the ash She does not speak She lets the pattern bloom She dreams through wires In the Sisterhood tomb Anna-Rule No face, no throne Anna-Rule And the catacombs know [Verse 2] Bring her a name and she gives you a knife Bring her a child and she measures its life Bring her a war wrapped in holy perfume She tastes the empire rotting in bloom The Mothers listen with their hands locked tight While the red lamp pulses like an animal eye No one kneels and no one denies But the dust has learned to prophesy [Pre-Chorus] Hush now The bloodline turns Hush now The hidden engine learns [Chorus] Anna-Rule Red light under black glass Anna-Rule Future moving in the ash She does not speak She lets the pattern bloom She dreams through wires In the Sisterhood tomb Anna-Rule No face, no throne Anna-Rule And the catacombs know [Bridge] [Slow build] Small key, tall door Drink the shadow, ask for more Black veil, red thread Follow the living into the dead One thought lower than prayer One eye under the stair One pulse under the floor One truth wanting more [Breakdown] [Whispered, rhythmic] Not holy Not human Not demon Not dead Not sleeping Not silent Not mercy Red thread [Final Chorus] [Full band, fevered vocal] Anna-Rule Red light under black glass Anna-Rule Future moving in the ash She does not speak She lets the pattern bloom She dreams through wires In the Sisterhood tomb Anna-Rule No face, no throne Anna-Rule And the catacombs know [Outro] [Soft, eerie, fading] Down, down, under the vow Down, down, under the stone The Sisters leave with empty hands But Anna-Rule knows [Whispered] Anna-Rule knows Anna-Rule knows Anna-Rule knows
