[Verse] At the heart of a crypt There's a flame on the mend Like a castaway torch in a cave You were perched in the pews at the base of the stairs With your hands and your head in the haze You emerged from the mist like a ship on the rocks When the world wasn't right for the day And we had just met So I had to assume That your skin was just clammy that way [Chorus] So I tried to dismiss what was growing in me And I swore it was just in my head But I know what I saw And I know what I felt And I know that I meant what I said 'Cause you are the priestess The keeper of secrets You sit on a throne made of bone When you're under the weather There's none that can tether Or stop you from roaming below [Verse] You can hear the whisper of your voice in the halls Where you used to spend hours in a trance But I never would've guessed that it could've been you If you hadn't been seen in the sands So they pulled out the deck And the first card they drew Was the moon with the face of a crone And the second was you Standing under the moon And the third was the Queen of the Tomb [Chorus] You can speak with the dead when you go to the bed Where the corpses have rested for years But the thought of you coming to find me again Is a cause for insatiable tears You are the priestess The keeper of secrets You sit on a throne made of bone When you're under the weather There's none that can tether Or stop you from roaming below [Verse] And though you dwell in the land of the dead And there is no escape from the shroud I know you meant what you said when you swore you'd return And you meant that you meant it out loud [Chorus] So now when I go to the heart of the crypt I can't say that I'm all on my own 'Cause you were the priestess The keeper of secrets You sat on a throne made of bone And though you're under the weather There's none that can tether Or stop you from roaming below
