[Verse 1] The room went still the night you faded No voice replied, no light remained Just hollow glass and shaking shadows And my hands begging death to change I watched the color leave your body Like winter taking all the spring And in the silence that surrounded us I swore the end was not a thing [Pre-Chorus] So I ran beyond the warning Past every line I should endure If hope had vanished from your lungs I’d become the cure [Chorus] For her, I broke the gates of heaven For her, I poisoned what was pure If love is holy, why’d it make me Something no one can cure? For her, I lit the dark with fire For her, I opened every door If love is mercy, why’d it turn me Into something less than before? [Verse 2] I learned the language of the ashes The quiet hymn of steel and smoke I turned my grief to something useful A vow too desperate to be broke The mirror knew I was dissolving The mask just gave my ruin form A man once knelt beside your bedside Now something else survives the storm [Pre-Chorus] Still I crossed each holy boundary Every sin became a cure If hope had vanished from your lungs I’d become the cure [Chorus] For her, I broke the gates of heaven For her, I poisoned what was pure If love is holy, why’d it make me Something no one can cure? For her, I lit the dark with fire For her, I opened every door If love is mercy, why’d it turn me Into something less than before? [Bridge] Tell me what is evil To a man who could not lose? What is one more wound If it means she still pulls through? If I had to give my soul To keep one fragile heartbeat warm Then let the world call me a monster Love had already changed my form [Final Chorus] For her, I broke the gates of heaven For her, I poisoned what was pure If love is holy, why’d it make me Something no one can cure? For her, I gave my name to darkness For her, I let my hands wage war If love can save and damn a person Then I was lost the day I swore [Outro] The room is still The fire remains And love, once bright Now wears my name
