[Intro] Nine gates beneath the stone Count them down and lose your name [Verse 1] First hell opens, ice in the throat A frozen court where the faithless float Second turns with a furnace breath Every promise is measured in death [Pre-Chorus] I hear the iron below I feel the old doors swing No saint, no crown, no way back The pit remembers everything [Chorus] Nine hells, nine wounds in the earth Nine bells ringing for what we're worth One by one, let the kingdoms fall I walk the dark and I answer the call Nine hells, carved under my skin No absolution waiting within If the last gate opens wide I'll meet the thing I buried inside [Verse 2] Third is a market of teeth and gold Fourth keeps the names of the dead in scrolls Fifth has a river that burns blue-white Sixth wears a mask and devours the night [Shouted] BREAK THE SEAL BITE THE CHAIN CALL THE VOID BY ITS NAME [Chorus] Nine hells, nine wounds in the earth Nine bells ringing for what we're worth One by one, let the kingdoms fall I walk the dark and I answer the call Nine hells, carved under my skin No absolution waiting within If the last gate opens wide I'll meet the thing I buried inside [Bridge] Seventh is hunger with a human face Eighth is the room where the hours erase Ninth is silent, colder than breath A throne built from the shape of death [Breakdown] NINE DEEPER NINE LOWER NINE NO LIGHT OPEN THE GATE AND END THE FIGHT [Final Chorus] Nine hells, nine wounds in the earth Nine bells ringing for what we're worth I crossed the fire, I swallowed the fall Now every demon is under my call Nine hells, carved under my skin No absolution, no way to begin When the last gate opens wide I see my face on the other side [Outro] Nine gates beneath the stone The final hell is built alone I close my eyes, the darkness breathes And finds the throne inside of me
