[Intro]
Welcome to the sanctuary of the damned.
You brought the fire.
Now kneel in the ash.
[Verse 1]
Look around at the monuments you built out of spite
Turned every single angel that I had into a fight
Now I'm standing at the altar with the blade in my palm
Look me dead in the eye, tell me who made who the psalm
Yeah, you love to preach forgiveness with blood on your teeth
Sitting high upon your steeple while the bodies rot beneath
I was buried under rumors, had to crawl out the grave
Now the villain that you painted is the king you can't save!
[Pre-Chorus]
Watch the shadows start to gather in the dead of the dark
Every whisper that you started was an inadvertent spark!
Now the gothic chapel's crumbled, see the sky turn red
I'm the voice inside your nightmares that you wish was still dead!
[Chorus]
I walked through the valley where the righteous fall
Stared at the writing carved into the wall
If heaven won't take me and hell is too cold
I'll build my own throne out of IRON AND GOLD!
Light the torches at the gates of the cathedral!
Let the hypocrites bow down before the evil!
You condemned my soul to burn,
Now it's my turn,
To watch the whole world burn and crash!
Welcome to my cathedral of ash!
[Verse 2]
(Ha!) Oh, you're back on your high horse now?
Look at all the little martyrs trying to take a bow.
You point the finger at a headline, put me in a box
While the gargoyles are laughing and they're setting the clock.
Tick-tock, hear the bell toll, echoes in the stone
Every demon in this fortress is a phantom of my own!
I don't need absolution, I don't care what you confess
I turned my suffering into a weapon you couldn't possess!
[Chorus]
I walked through the valley where the righteous fall
Stared at the writing carved into the wall
If heaven won't take me and hell is too cold
I'll build my own throne out of IRON AND GOLD!
Light the torches at the gates of the cathedral!
Let the hypocrites bow down before the evil!
You condemned my soul to burn,
Now it's my turn,
To watch the whole world burn and crash!
Welcome to my cathedral of ash!
[Bridge]
You know... they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
But nobody ever told you who was holding the torch...
BURN IT DOWN!
[Breakdown]
WATCH IT BURN!
SACRIFICE!
WELCOME TO THE FIRE!
You made the monster, now worship the beast!
The sinners are invited to the feast!
BURN FOR ME!
[Final Chorus]
Light the torches at the gates of the cathedral!
Let the hypocrites bow down before the evil!
You condemned my soul to burn,
Now it's my turn,
To watch the whole world burn and crash!
Welcome to my cathedral of ash!
[Outro]
Bow down. Look at what you created.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Amen...