[Verse 1] In the vault of the dawn, I woke alone With a cracked crown in my throat and a stone for a heart The clocks in the chapel all bowed to me As I traced the gold seam of the promised dark [Verse 2] I carried the map in a velvet wound Through a forest of mirrors and a river of names Every sign on the road said “turn back now” So I kissed the signpost and called it fate [Pre-Chorus] O, the hour is splitting O, the veil is thin Hear the doors in the distance Let the thunder in [Chorus] We rise in the ruins (rise in the ruins) We sing to the giant sky All hail the beautiful collapse All hail the reason why We rise in the ruins (rise in the ruins) With fire in our hands tonight The wheel turns, the choir turns And everything breaks just right [Verse 3] Now the moon wears a mask of cathedral glass And the bassline limps like a king in chains I’ve seen the seven seas in a single tear And the serpent sleep in a golden flame [Bridge] [Half-time] Speak, O prophecy, speak Through the marble teeth I was born at the edge Of the ninth-degree dream [Breakdown] La la la, we descend La la la, we ascend A thousand hands on the final chord A thousand mouths at the end [Final Chorus] We rise in the ruins (rise in the ruins) We sing to the giant sky All hail the beautiful collapse All hail the reason why We rise in the ruins (rise in the ruins) With fire in our hands tonight The wheel turns, the choir turns And everything breaks just right [Outro] So let the trumpet of dusk come close Let the marble rain I will bow to the monstrous dawn And begin again
