[Intro] [Immediate dark descending guitar melody. Slow heavy bass and drums. Detuned organ flickers beneath the riff.] [Verse] The rain has worn the evening thin The windows shake against the wind Another candle gutters out Another night without a sound My father's prayers could not restore The woman taken years before They laid her gently in the earth I stood there asking what death was worth [Pre-Chorus] I watched the doctors bow their heads Their clever hands could do no more But somewhere in the silent flesh There had to be a hidden door [Chorus] I stole a spark from heaven And gave it to the dead I thought I'd conquered darkness But darkness woke instead I held the fire of creation The secret of the grave And all the things I could not save Were calling out my name [Instrumental] [Short mournful guitar response. Slow sustained bends. Organ pitch slowly slips out of tune.] [Verse] I learned the language of the bone The little kingdoms of the blood In lecture halls they laughed at dreams Of lifting bodies from the mud The church bells rang above the town I worked beneath their fading sound A thousand failures on the floor And still I came back wanting more [Female Voice] Victor... Come home. You've been gone so long. [Pre-Chorus] What if the grave were just a lock? What if the key were in my hand? What if the world had called it God Because it couldn't understand? [Chorus] I stole a spark from heaven And gave it to the dead I thought I'd conquered darkness But darkness woke instead I held the fire of creation The secret of the grave And all the things I could not save Were calling out my name [Bridge] [Half-time, bass and clean guitar. Intimate male vocal.] My mother had such gentle hands I remember how they felt How strange that all the books I've read Can't tell me where that warmth has gone [Full band builds] If death is law, then laws can break If flesh is dust, then dust can wake And if the heavens will not answer I'll make an answer of my own [Instrumental] [Expressive downtuned guitar solo. Wide slow bends, sustained vibrato, warm amp saturation. Bass moves melodically beneath the solo. Brief double-kick escalation. Return to the descending riff.] [Final Chorus] I stole a spark from heaven And gave it to the dead I thought I'd conquered darkness [Brief silence] BUT DARKNESS WOKE INSTEAD! I held the fire of creation The secret of the grave And all the things I could not save Were calling out my name [Outro] [Slow crushing chords. Detuned organ shudders and fades.] The needle waits The copper shines A storm is gathering outside One final wire One final breath [Female Voice] Victor... are you there? [Male Voice] Tonight, I put an end to death. [Instrumental] [Descending riff. Final unresolved chord.] [End]
