[Intro] Cold in the hall Rain on the stone Words on the wall Do not hold on [Verse 1] In a tower built of snow Under pale and silver stars Stood a vessel made of glass Bright and pure, but marked by scars Born of moon and winter air Bathed beneath the silver sky Made to guard a sacred spark Never keep the flame inside [Pre-Chorus] Read the sign Hear the call Fire can bless Fire can maul What is fair What is thin Cannot hold Flame within [Chorus] When the vessel breaks in fire When the silver sides grow weak All who praised its fragile beauty Learn too late the price they seek Do not leave the flame within it Do not trust the crimson light Even sacred things may shatter When they burn the whole long night [Verse 2] Then came lords with iron hands Then came hearts that would not wait They desired the hidden sun And they called its hunger fate So they sealed the ember there Deep within the crystal frame Then the silver bent in sorrow Then the red consumed its name [Pre-Chorus] Hear it shake Hear it sing Glass and gold Cannot reign What is pure What is bright Cannot bear Endless light [Chorus] When the vessel breaks in fire When the silver sides grow weak All who praised its fragile beauty Learn too late the price they seek Do not leave the flame within it Do not trust the crimson light Even sacred things may shatter When they burn the whole long night [Bridge] Take the ember from its cradle Lay it on the ancient stone Not all things that carry wonder Can survive the blaze alone In the red and dying twilight Ancient words began to fall Only ash and hollow echoes Moved along the frozen hall [Choir Break] Ave ignis Ave lux Ave nox Ora pro nobis [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] When the vessel breaks in fire When the final line is drawn Every dream of pride and power Falls before the grieving dawn Do not leave the flame within it Do not let its beauty die What was shaped by patient starlight Should not burn beneath the sky When the vessel weeps in silence When the last spark fades from sight Only words upon the old wall Warn the hearts that worship light [Outro] Cold in the hall Rain on the stone Still on the wall Do not hold on
