[Verse 1] I found a map in the ash Folded into my name Seven doors in a slow cathedral Each one calling the same The clocks all bent to listen When I touched the brass on the frame Mother, I wore your shadow Like a medal I could not tame [Pre-Chorus] And the staircase sang In a language of glass I climbed by faith I climbed too fast [Chorus] We are the chosen ones We are the chosen ones Under the crimson compass We kneel and we become We are the chosen ones We are the chosen ones (we are the chosen ones) The old wound opens wide And the kingdom hums [Verse 2] A shepherd of broken mirrors Led me through bone-white rain He said, "Every perfect ending Is a borrowed kind of pain" So I swallowed the thunder And wore it like polished gold I was born in a question Too holy to be told [Pre-Chorus] And the staircase sang In a language of glass I climbed by faith I climbed too fast [Chorus] We are the chosen ones We are the chosen ones Under the crimson compass We kneel and we become We are the chosen ones We are the chosen ones (we are the chosen ones) The old wound opens wide And the kingdom hums [Bridge] Now the moon is a patient surgeon Cutting silver from my skin All my names were a costume All my fear was a hymn Let the final chord suspend me Let the violins run wild I have loved this impossible ending Since I was a child [Final Chorus] We are the chosen ones We are the chosen ones Under the crimson compass We kneel and we become We are the chosen ones We are the chosen ones (we are the chosen ones) The curtain falls in glory And the kingdom hums [Outro] Hums Hums The kingdom hums
