[Intro] [Low guitar drone and the sound of wind. A single, heavy tom drum hit, repeated every eight beats.] [Verse 1] White snow on the window pane The halls are dead again Father is a lie in the phone You said I wouldn’t be alone The headless birds are sleeping now Beneath the broken bough I feel you in the radiator’s hiss A cold and holy kiss [Chorus] Down below, the pilot light Burns for me, a violent light I hear the blackcoat’s hymn, it calls my name To be the keeper of the flame I am the cold, I am the stone I am the one you left alone [Verse 2] The plastic receiver shakes in my hand A language I don’t understand Just dial tone and static’s breath A quiet little death He’s waiting in the boiler’s heat With iron hands and cloven feet He whispers what I need to do To prove my love is true [Chorus] Down below, the pilot light Burns for me, a violent light I hear the blackcoat’s hymn, it calls my name To be the keeper of the flame I am the cold, I am the stone I am the one you left alone [Outro] [Music swells, the drone becomes louder and more distorted. The ethereal, layered vocals whisper:] You never left… You never left… You never left… [The whispers are suddenly replaced by a single, blood-curdling scream that is abruptly cut to total silence.]
