[Intro] I saw my shadow move first Not me It smiled with my mouth [Verse 1] I fed the night my name It ate it slow Left bone on the plate And a ring of crows The walls began to breathe In the mold and soot I nailed my prayers to the door They rotted at the root [Pre-Chorus] Now the floor leans down And the ceiling leans in I hear my own blood Like a choir of sin [Chorus] Burn me down Drag me under Hell, open wide Hell, I’m your hunger Burn me down Call me brother I walked in smiling I left as thunder [Verse 2] I clawed the mirror clean Found a second face With burning eyes And a crown of ash on lace It said, "Come deeper, son" Through the iron rain So I wore my grief like iron And I learned its pain [Pre-Chorus] Now the ash falls black From my tongue to my knees Every thought a blade Every breath a plea [Chorus] Burn me down Drag me under Hell, open wide Hell, I’m your hunger Burn me down Call me brother I walked in smiling I left as thunder [Bridge] The gates were not gates Just teeth in the dark And every saint I knew Had a wound in the spark I laughed till I cracked Then I heard the deep roar A thousand dead names Scraping under the floor [Final Chorus] Burn me down Drag me under Hell, open wide Hell, I’m your hunger Burn me down Call me brother I walked in smiling I left as thunder [Outro] Ash in my lungs Ash in my bones I am the road To a throne of stones
