Verse 1 There’s a fire in the east, and the sky’s gone red Heard the sound of the trumpet for the living and the dead Dust on the river, blood on the stone Every man’s face looks carved from bone The wind don’t sing, it only moans Like it knows we’re almost gone (Low cello: deep bowed drones; high cello: slow, mournful counter-line) Chorus I’ve seen the last midnight, where the black sun stares Where the saints cry out, but there’s no one there Two shadows on the road, both cold as the grave The end don’t whisper — it calls your name (Cellos swell in tense dissonance) Verse 2 The ground shakes under boots I can’t see Shadows marching in front of me Every clock stopped at the same dark time Every prayer sounded just like mine And the stars fell down like dying crows To a place where no one goes (Low cello: steady pulse; high cello: restless tremolo) Chorus I’ve seen the last midnight, where the black sun stares Where the saints cry out, but there’s no one there Two shadows on the road, both cold as the grave The end don’t whisper — it calls your name Bridge One cello cries, the other one roars Like the ocean breaking on the devil’s shore No light left, only shadow and fire No way out of the funeral pyre Final Chorus I’ve seen the last midnight, where the black sun stares Where the saints cry out, but there’s no one there Two shadows on the road, both cold as the grave The end don’t whisper — it calls your name Outro The cellos fade like a dying storm And the night never gives way to morn
