(Intro — thunder / distant choir returning)
We thought the fire was over…
But the flood came after the flames.
(Verse 1)
The city drowned beneath black skies
Ash falling like lullabies
Every church bell cracked in two
Every prayer washed out of view
I walked through streets I used to know
Now just rivers made of ghosts
Neon crosses underwater
Sons and daughters dragged farther
(Pre-Chorus)
And the saints we used to trust
Turned to statues made of dust
(Chorus)
These cathedrals are still in ruin
Now the oceans swallow light
Every hymn becomes a warning
Echoing through the night
But if the world is finally ending
I will not go quietly
I’ll scream until the heavens shatter
And drown beside the sea
(Verse 2)
Old photographs float past my feet
Fragments of forgotten dreams
Every memory water-stained
Every scar still speaks your name
People gathered on the roofs
Holding onto shattered truths
Trying to keep hope alive
As the skyline slowly died
(Pre-Chorus)
But deep beneath the fear and grief
A dying heart still found belief
(Chorus)
These cathedrals are still in ruin
Now the oceans swallow light
Every hymn becomes a warning
Echoing through the night
But if the world is finally ending
I will not go quietly
I’ll scream until the heavens shatter
And drown beside the sea
(Breakdown — massive)
LET THE TIDES COME CRASHING DOWN
WE WERE LOST BEFORE WE DROWNED
NO GODS
NO CROWNS
JUST THE SOUND OF COLLAPSE NOW
WE ARE THE LAST ONES BREATHING
THE LAST ONES SCREAMING
THE LAST HEARTS BEATING
IN THE FLOOD
(Bridge — atmospheric melodic section)
Maybe ruin isn’t the ending
Maybe ruin is rebirth
A city breaking underwater
Still remembers what it’s worth
(Final Chorus)
These cathedrals are still in ruin
But the fire remains inside
Even buried under oceans
We refuse to die
Now the storm consumes the skyline
And the choir fades to gray
But somewhere in the wreckage
Our voices still remain
(Outro — waves / distant distorted guitar)
The bells still ring beneath the water…
For the broken…
For the drowned…
For us.
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