[Intro] Silence... No thunder. No war. No armies at the door. Just a throne. White as the light. High above the dead. And the One who sits upon it opens the books. [Verse 1] The earth gives back every soul it had claimed The sea gives its dead, and the grave gives their names The mighty and weak, the forgotten, the proud Stand together beneath a terrible cloud No crown in the chamber, no weapon, no throne No wealth and no kingdom to call as your own Every disguise that you wore falls away Every secret comes into the day [Pre-Chorus] The books are opened The silence breaks Nothing is hidden Nothing escapes [Chorus] STAND BEFORE THE THRONE! Every soul, every name STAND BEFORE THE THRONE! Nothing left to hide, nothing left to blame THE BOOKS ARE OPENED! The record is read And the Judge sees everything The living and dead [Verse 2] You thought nobody saw when you walked through the night You thought every shadow could swallow the sight You thought all the sins you had buried were gone But every forgotten deed is written upon The powerful stand beside those they crushed The rich stand beside those they left in the dust The famous and nameless, the wicked and small All stand on the same ground before it all [Pre-Chorus] The books are opened The pages turn Every false god Every idol burns [Chorus] STAND BEFORE THE THRONE! Every soul, every name STAND BEFORE THE THRONE! Nothing left to hide, nothing left to blame THE BOOKS ARE OPENED! The record is read And the Judge sees everything The living and dead [Bridge] Then another book... THE BOOK OF LIFE. Names are called. Some remain. Some do not. Death stands trembling. Hades stands exposed. And death itself is thrown into the fire. [Breakdown] NO MORE DEATH! NO MORE GRAVE! NO MORE HIDING! NO ONE TO SAVE! The final enemy is swallowed whole. Death dies. [Verse 3] The final page turns with a sound like a blade The final account of the living is weighed No empire remains and no monument stands No king can command what awaits at His hands The heavens grow silent The old world is gone The judgment has come The waiting is done [Chorus] STAND BEFORE THE THRONE! Every soul, every name STAND BEFORE THE THRONE! Nothing left to hide, nothing left to blame THE BOOKS ARE OPENED! The record is read And the Judge sees everything The living and dead [Final Breakdown] THE BOOKS ARE OPEN! THE RECORD IS COMPLETE! THE JUDGMENT IS FINAL! NO MERCY FROM THE STREET! Death! Hades! Gone! Every kingdom! Gone! Every idol! Gone! Every lie! Gone! [Outro] And then... Silence. The throne remains. The books are closed. The judgment is finished. [Whisper] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth... But that story comes after the judgment.
