[Intro — whispered chant over organ, distant war drums] Ash to ether Gold to grave Knees of kingdoms None to save [Verse 1] Beneath the vaulted wound of heaven Our shadow split the pearl-white dawn The courtyard shook with dying seraphs Wing by wing, their halos torn A million hymns were choked in fire By blood of myth and hands of men The stars looked down like shattered idols And would not speak his name again Cathedrals cracked beneath our footsteps The marble learned the taste of fear He stood above the broken host And I knew why he brought me here [Pre-Chorus] I raised my blade to meet the maker He raised the storm to make me kneel But I was born inside the ruin And ruin taught me how to kill [Chorus] In the courtyard of God, I stood alone With the dead at my feet and the fire in my bones Heaven fell silent when I called his name Then the sky went red and the earth unmade Oh— Crown of light, now break apart Oh— Drive your thunder through my heart If I die in the wound I carve Let the end remember who we are [Verse 2] The choirs drowned in iron fury Their banners burned to cinder rain The saints were ash upon the arches The holy rivers ran with flame He came adorned in suns and vengeance A face no mortal tongue could hold But grief can make a beast of courage And hate can make the broken bold He spoke, and mountains bent like servants He moved, and time itself was torn Yet every god still learns the same thing: Even divinity can mourn [Pre-Chorus] He cast me down through blood and marble I rose up with a shattered grin You made a world that feeds on suffering Now choke upon the god you're in [Chorus] In the courtyard of God, I stood alone With the dead at my feet and the fire in my bones Heaven fell silent when I called his name Then the sky went red and the earth unmade Oh— Crown of light, now break apart Oh— Drive your thunder through my heart If I die in the wound I carve Let the end remember who we are [Breakdown — half-time, brutal, layered screams/growls] ANGELS GONE KINGDOMS BLED TRUTH WAS JUST A WORD THE TYRANT SAID MYTH AND MAN TORE THE VEIL LEFT THE LORD OF STARS TO ROT AND FAIL KNEEL? I NEVER KNEELED PRAY? I ONLY BLED GOD MET STEEL AND BOTH OF US WERE LEFT FOR DEAD [Bridge — cinematic, clean vocal over choirs and strings, then builds] And in the blinding heart of heaven I saw no mercy in his eyes Only the terror of a father Watching his own forever die So I drove the blade through light eternal Through sacred flesh and endless flame And as he fell, the world fell with him And mine went out the same [Final Chorus — bigger, layered, anthemic] In the courtyard of God, we died as one He with his throne, and me with what I'd done Heaven lay open like a carcass in the rain And the bells all rang for the end of his reign Oh— Crown of light, now fade to black Oh— There is no kingdom coming back If I die where the heavens starve Let the void remember who we are [Outro — slow, haunting] No wings left beating No voice, no throne Just dust in the splendor And silence on stone Ash to ether Gold to grave God is fallen None to save
