[Verse 1] Black smoke in the square tonight Candles burning by the wells A circle drawn in ash and salt On every door they carved the spells Old men shut the shutters fast Kids pressed close to mama’s side Something crawled beneath the hymn And every dog began to hide [Pre-Chorus] Hear that murmur in the dark Names get spoken like a curse The ground starts shaking underfoot And the sky feels thin and worse [Chorus] Awaken, Awaken Awaken, awaken Awaken, Awaken Awaken, awaken [Verse 2] They marched in robes of smoke and bone Eyes like coals behind the lace Placing books on muddy steps Smiling at the children’s faces They read the ruin line by line At the fountain, at the gate Every page a little wound Every word a locked fate [Pre-Chorus] Then the bells began to crack And the windows shook with pain One by one the streetlamps bent Like they’d never stand again [Chorus] Awaken, awaken Awaken, awaken Awaken, awaken Awaken, awaken [Bridge] And the preacher dropped his book When the altar split in two Mothers pulled their children close As the midnight bloom burst blue But a spark stayed hidden low In the hands that would not kneel If the town can learn to roar It can tear the night to steel [Final Chorus] Awaken, awaken Awaken, awaken Awaken, awaken Awaken, awaken
