[verse 1] Torches in the night they came Righteous fury, cursing my name Centuries of secrets undone Nowhere left for me to run Chains of silver bind my core Powers stripped down to the floor [chorus 1] Let the hatred rain Feel their holy pain Watch my beauty fade In this dark crusade Scars that won't erase Marking every space Forever changed, forever marred But still alive, forever scarred [verse 2] Iron crosses, sacred rope Stripped of dignity and hope Crowd descends with savage might Hours stretch into endless night Screaming prayers to cleanse my soul While they make me pay their toll [chorus 2] Let the hatred rain Feel their holy pain Watch my beauty fade In this dark crusade Scars that won't erase Marking every space Forever changed, forever marred But still alive, forever scarred [bridge] Flames rise higher, skin turns black Pain beyond the point of breaking But death won't take me back These ashes are still waking [verse 3] Dawn breaks on an empty square Charred remains still smoldering there But in these ashes, I survive Somehow still cursed to stay alive This broken vessel, twisted frame Will never look or feel the same [final chorus] Through the hatred's rain Past the holy pain Beauty burned away In their dark crusade These scars won't erase Marking time and space Forever changed, forever marred Immortal still, forever scarred [outro] Mirror shows a stranger's face Reminder of my fall from grace They thought they killed the monster here But made one worse than what they feared [outro] Mirror
