[Verse 1]
Black lace curtains
Shut against the dawn
All these empty frames
Where my summers used to hang
I talk to the shadows
They answer with my name
Every corner of this room
Feels like blame
[Pre-Chorus]
I light a match
Watch it tremble in my hand
Tiny sun
In a world that understands
[Chorus]
I built a midnight cathedral in my chest
Stained glass made of all the hearts I wrecked
Pray for a sign in the smoke and the dust
Bleeding on the altar of my trust
If this is hell
Then let it rain
I’ll sing through every shard of pain
In my midnight
Midnight cathedral
[Verse 2]
Cold rain tapping
On the cracked old windowpane
Like a crooked choir
Singing dirges to my shame
I wear my fears
Like a crown of twisted wire
Every breath I take
Feeds the fire
[Pre-Chorus]
I taste the rust
On the words I never said
All this weight
Pressing halos into my head
[Chorus]
I built a midnight cathedral in my chest
Stained glass made of all the hearts I wrecked
Pray for a sign in the smoke and the dust
Bleeding on the altar of my trust
If this is hell
Then let it rain
I’ll sing through every shard of pain
In my midnight
Midnight cathedral
[Bridge]
[Beat pulls back
Distant choir and synth swell]
I’m not your perfect martyr
I’m not your quiet ghost (no more)
I carved my fears in marble
Now I’ll break them
Blow by blow (oh)
If every scar’s a sermon
Then hear me when I roar
I was buried in this darkness
Now I’m clawing through the floor
[Chorus]
I built a midnight cathedral in my chest
Stained glass made of every tear I’ve wept
Pray for a sign in the smoke and the dust
Rising from the ashes of my trust
If this is hell
Then let it rain
I’ll turn this torment into flame
From my midnight
Midnight cathedral
[Outro]
One last candle
Flickers
Doesn’t fade (ah)
In this midnight cathedral
I am not afraid