Temple of Dread

[whispered vocals] Ah Verse 1 She takes a step Then another step Further from the light Through the temple doors Past the carved stone floors Where the shadows bite Verse 2 Lantern guttering low She finds a broken throne Runes that pulse like breath A whisper threads the air Names that no one dares Calling from beneath Pre-Chorus And they wove a spell On the world above A pattern minds can't hold And the Earth won't love Chorus It's where the evil's bred It's where the ancients fled To avoid their death To avoid their death They hid their power from the rest To avoid their death It's the temple of dread Post-Chorus (It's where the evil's bred) [whispered vocals] It's the temple of dread [whispered vocals] It's the temple of dread [whispered vocals] It's the temple of dread Bridge Beneath the altar stone the echoes wake They barter breath for bone, a promise they will take She feels the old blood rise, a hunger in her chest To keep their death at bay she must become the rest Chorus (final, slight variation) It's where the evil's bred It's where the ancients fled To avoid their death To avoid their death They hid their power from the rest To keep their death at bay It's the temple of dread [whispered vocals] It's the temple of dread [whispered vocals] It's the temple of dread