[Intro]
Harp in the hollow air
Candles choke on smoke
Shadows gather
Breathing
As the old bells spoke
[Verse 1]
Onyx feather on the stone
Footsteps on the chapel floor
Eyes like winter
Burning slow
At the rusted iron door
He writes your name in crimson dust
On a page that does not tear
Silver scythe of sacred rust
Cuts the weight of every prayer
[Chorus]
Angel of Death
Azrael
Come
Guard of the gate where the cold rivers run
Angel of Death
Hand on my chest
Lead me through fire to the silent rest
(Angelus mortis)
(duc me domum)
Azrael
Keeper of the final tomb
[Verse 2]
Choirs tremble in the dark
Latin tongues and broken wine
He counts each fading
Fragile spark
In a book of crooked lines
Not a monster
Not a king
Only mercy dressed in ash
Takes the crown from suffering
Turns the thunder into glass
[Chorus]
Angel of Death
Azrael
Come
Guard of the gate where the cold rivers run
Angel of Death
Hand on my chest
Lead me through fire to the silent rest
(Anima mea)
(in manibus tuis)
Azrael
Open up the hidden skies
[Bridge]
[Violin and harp swell
Drums half-time
Choir rising]
Si cadam
Cape me
If I fall
Then carry me
Per tenebras
Per umbras
Through the dark and through the haze
Non timebo ultra
I will lay my terror down
When your wings eclipse the crown
And my heart forgets its weight
[Chorus]
Angel of Death
Azrael
Come
Guard of the gate where the cold rivers run
Angel of Death
Hand on my chest
Break every chain of the raging flesh
(Angelus mortis)
(surge et veni)
Azrael
Walk me where the stars grow dim
[Outro]
Harp on the quiet stone
Last light on the breath
Soft voice over shattered bone
“Dormis”
Sleep in death