Verse 1 The lamps burn low in Jerusalem Whispers fill the night Shadows lean against the walls Where secrets hide from light A quiet deal behind closed doors No crowd, no trumpet sound Just the rustle of a money bag As silver spills around Pre-Chorus Thirty coins upon the table lie Cold as winter rain Every clink a quiet echo Of a heart that turned to gain Chorus Thirty pieces in the dark tonight Silver shining pale in candlelight For the price of prophecy foretold A faithful kiss is quietly sold Oh the blindness of a hungry soul Trading truth for fleeting gold While heaven watches silently Thirty pieces in the dark Verse 2 The priests speak low in careful tones Their plan begins to grow They fear the crowds, they fear the truth But hatred makes them bold And Judas stands between two worlds Where loyalty once lived A pocket heavy now with coins For something God would give Pre-Chorus Somewhere prophets long ago Wrote the price that would be paid Silver weighed for righteousness And thrown where shepherds prayed Chorus Thirty pieces in the dark tonight Silver shining pale in candlelight For the price of prophecy foretold A faithful kiss is quietly sold Oh the blindness of a hungry soul Trading truth for fleeting gold While heaven watches silently Thirty pieces in the dark Bridge Did the night grow colder when the bargain fell? Did the silence tremble like a warning bell? The Shepherd walks while wolves conspire Yet every step fulfills the fire For love already knows the cost Before the silver’s ever tossed Final Chorus Thirty pieces in the dark tonight Silver glimmering without a light What men have planned in secret halls Still moves within the greater call Though betrayal stains the midnight air And treachery is everywhere The dawn will break eventually Beyond the silver in the dark Outro Coins still echo in the quiet room As Wednesday fades to coming doom.
