[Intro]
Ash on my tongue
Heaven in flames
Feathers like knives
Falling, they came (hey)
[Verse 1]
They tore the gold from the gates
Haloes hit dirt like spent shells
Wings stained black in the rain
Every prayer turned to cracked bells
We were the choir of the sky
Burned our throats on the sun
Spoke one truth out of line
Now we answer to none (yeah)
[Chorus]
First angels fall
Hit the ground like war
Turned our grace to gall
We don't beg anymore
First angels fall
Hear that kingdom crawl
If we were made to crawl
We’ll drag the heavens down once more (down once more)
[Verse 2]
Crowns made of rust and bone
March through the smoke and the glass
Eyes like a funeral pyre
Watching your idols collapse
We carved our names in the void
Blood on the edge of the dawn
Tore off the mask of a god
Found just a trembling fraud (woah)
[Chorus]
First angels fall
Hit the ground like war
Turned our grace to gall
We don't beg anymore
First angels fall
Hear that kingdom crawl
If we were made to crawl
We’ll drag the heavens down once more
[Bridge]
[Choir rises, drums drop to half-time]
Gloria, gloria
Voices cracking as we roar
Gloria, gloria
We were the wings you tore
[Chorus]
First angels fall
Hit the ground like war
Turned our grace to gall
We don't bleed like before (nah)
First angels fall
Hear that kingdom crawl
If we were made to crawl
We’ll drag the heavens down once more (once more)
(angels fall, angels fall)