Gate of the Seventh Sky (Remastered x3)

[Verse 1] Sand in my teeth Smoke in my lungs I walk on a road made of names Every step hums Sky folds in thirds Colors drip slow Someone is burning my past On a reel I know [Pre-Chorus] Golden arch in the distance Spinning like an eye that sees Every small decision Every quiet cruelty [Chorus] Ride my soul to the gate of heaven White fire crawling up my spine He says "You remember every moment? I do And they are mine" Thought I’d rise in a crown of mercy Hands up Ready to be saved But his gaze cuts straight through my halo And turns it into chains [Verse 2] He shows me a child Hands full of glass Shows me the faces I stepped on To move too fast My voice tries to bargain Comes out as dust He weighs my love on a finger Tips it with rust [Pre-Chorus] Starlight sharp as judgment Silence louder than a scream He smiles like a closing door Then pulls the floor from under me [Chorus] Ride my soul from the gate of heaven Headfirst into the burning ground Hear him say "You built this prison Brick by little brick Turn around" Thought the light would erase the venom Wash the venom from my veins But the truth blooms red in the shadows And carves me a new name [Bridge] I fall through a tunnel of faces All of them mine Teeth made of mirrors Eyes made of time Wings catch fire Feathers turn blades Halo melts down Into iron chains [Chorus] Ride my soul to the pit beneath me Ashes rising like a choir Every sin a hand that grabs me Drags me deeper in the fire Heaven’s gate is a shrinking memory Just a crack of distant white Now I wear the mask I crafted And crawl in the dark Of my own design