[Intro: soft strings with a simple and jarring piano melody. Strings and piano build to a rising orchestral build that crashes] [Verse 1]: Streetlights bow when I pass by! Their halos splitting, across the cold impassive skies. The asphalt ripples, beneath my feet! Whispering the secrets, of everyone I meet. A figure turns to me and smiles! It's feet turned backward, suspicion in it's eyes. Her shadows tower ten miles tall! It beckons me to notice, the laughing faces on the wall! My reflection often hesitates! Surprised that I could notice that, the other worlds agape. Everyone there, knows me by my name! Wielding it against me like it's a fucking game! [Pre-Chorus – Snare march, rising orchestral tension, choir ascending in clusters] There's another world you see--, The one in which you live, And the one which you believe. It's never far away--, All it takes is a spark, To join them both in flames! [Chorus – Full symphonic swell, angelic choir over crushing half-time groove] Hold the rails, hold my light—- I think I'm running out of time! The Angels laugh, from traffic signs, Accusing me for your crimes! I've seen beyond the tattered veil, Ever since I was a child---. They even gave me a crown!, After that day I almost drowned... [Verse II – Slower, oppressive groove; warped electronics; guttural vocals against clean counterpoint] The winding streets always seem to leed, Me to a place in need of God's decree! So many people stop and stare! Marvel that the prophet lives, and has come, to save them from despair! All around me voices hum, And I join them in their song! After all, this world is mine, And I know what it must become! Some of them are my friends, And we're the last ones left alive! In a world that's full of guilt, That's run out of alibis! [Pre-Chorus – Choir fractured, rhythm tightening] There's another world you see--, The one in which you live, And the one which you believe. It's never far away--, All it takes is a spark, To join them both in flames! [Chorus – Expanded harmony, layered screams and soaring soprano] Hold the rails, hold my light—- I think that we're all dying! Let it fade, without fear, There's no use in trying! Every Demon fears my name Ever since I was a child---. They even gave me a crown!, After that day I almost drowned... [Bridge – Silence drop, single piano note; breath counted aloud] One. Two. Three. Four. I don't need haloperidol anymore! Five. Six. Seven. Eight. I think I'm cured of this accursed fate! Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. I'm back within my comfy cell. One. Two. Three. Four. Back on the streets to fight my war! [solo] [Pre-Chorus – Snare march, rising orchestral tension, choir ascending in clusters] There's another world you see--, The one in which you live, And the one which you believe---! It's never far away---!, All it takes is a spark---!, To join them both in flames! [Final Chorus – Triumphant yet fragile; choir luminous, guitars immense] Hold the rails, hold my light—- I think I'm running out of time! The Angels laugh, from traffic signs, Accusing me for your crimes! I've seen beyond the tattered veil, Ever since I was a child---. They even gave me a crown!, After that day I almost drowned.. Hold the rails, hold my light—- I think that we're all dying---! Let it fade, without fear--, There's no use in trying---! Every Demon fears my name---! Ever since I was a child---. They even gave me a crown!, After that day I almost drowned... [Outro]: Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---. Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---! Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---. Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---! Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---. Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---! Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---. Oooooh, oooooh ooooooh---!
