[Intro: Choir]
Miserere mei...
Miserere mei...
[Verse 1]
Every window tells a story,
Colored glass to hide the cracks.
Every hymn sounds just a little
Different when it's sung like that.
Incense covers up the smoke,
Marble hides the broken stone.
You can decorate the altar...
But you can't make it a home.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every halo
Starts to fade.
Every kingdom
Made by hands.
[Chorus]
Painted halos,
Falling from the ceiling.
Gold leaf breaking,
Truth cuts through the feeling.
You can wash the outside clean,
Dress your scars in ivory.
But heaven always sees...
Beyond painted halos.
[Verse 2]
Candles flicker in the silence,
Echoes dance across the nave.
Empty promises sound holy
When they're spoken from a stage.
Every crown begins as metal,
Every idol starts as dust.
What's pretending to be sacred
Cannot survive what's just.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every echo
Finds its end.
Every secret
Meets the wind.
[Chorus]
Painted halos,
Falling from the ceiling.
Gold leaf breaking,
Truth cuts through the feeling.
You can wash the outside clean,
Dress your scars in ivory.
But heaven always sees...
Beyond painted halos.
[Bridge]
(Choir)
Lux in tenebris...
Lux in tenebris...
Take away the colors.
Take away the light.
Leave only what's living
When the fire survives.
No cathedral made by hands
Can replace a changed heart.
No perfect reputation
Can heal what's torn apart.
[Final Chorus]
Painted halos,
Scattered on the floor now.
Every false thing
Loses all its power.
Mercy doesn't need a mask.
Grace was never made to last
Only on the surface...
Let the halos fall.
[Outro: Choir]
Miserere mei...
Lux in tenebris...
Amen...
