[Intro – haunting piano + distant reversed vocal] [Verse 1] I painted my confession on the chapel wall in white You kissed the cracks like they were holy, said the broken let in light Now the saints are staring down with their porcelain eyes Watching me drown in the mercy I was too proud to take that night [Pre-Chorus] Every promise that I swallowed Turned to glass inside my veins I still feel you when the wind cuts Through the stained and fractured panes [Chorus] So light me up, burn me down Let the ashes spell your name across this town I’m the prayer you never answered I’m the scream beneath the crown Of porcelain saints Porcelain saints [Verse 2] The choir left the candles, but the shadows learned the words They sing them back in minor keys every time the thunder turns I wear your silence like a halo made of barbed and rusted wire Salvation tastes like copper when you set the soul on fire [Pre-Chorus] I built a cathedral out of maybe Filled the pews with almosts and regrets Now the echo of your footsteps Is the only hymn that’s left [Chorus] So light me up, burn me down Let the ashes spell your name across this town I’m the prayer you never answered I’m the scream beneath the crown Of porcelain saints Porcelain saints [Bridge – half-time, piano + whispered vocal] If heaven’s just a mirror Then I’m already gone All the angels look like you And they’re singing me wrong [Build – strings swell, drums crash back in] [Final Chorus – key up, full belt] Light me up, burn me down Watch me scatter like the stars we tore out of the ground I was never worth the saving But I still wear the chains you wound Around your porcelain saints Your porcelain saints I’m shattering tonight [Outro – piano reprise, single vocal line fading] All the saints are porcelain… And I was always meant to break
