[Verse 1]
Iron gate
Galilean hands still shake
Salt and ash
On a cloak that smells like waves
In the fireglow
Three soft questions
One hard “no”
Hear the rooster
Cut the night like steel on stone
[Chorus]
Oh
St. Peter
Keeper of the burning doors
Once a broken fisherman
Now a storm along the floor of heaven
Oh
St. Peter
Keys are hanging from your chain
You were sinking on the water
Now you’re thunder in the rain
[Verse 2]
Prison walls
Dripping with imperial pride
Chains that bite
At the wrists that once denied
Midnight hymn
Boots of guards along the hall
Blinding light
And the angel says
“Stand tall”
[Chorus]
Oh
St. Peter
Keeper of the burning doors
Once a broken fisherman
Now a storm along the floor of heaven
Oh
St. Peter
Keys are hanging from your chain
You were sinking on the water
Now you’re thunder in the rain
[Bridge]
[Cathedral organ and piano swell
Choir softly underneath]
Stone on stone
Hear the echo of your name
Trumpets blaze
Over Rome that tried to tame
Every wound
Like a window for the flame
Violin cries
As you whisper
“Use my shame” (woah)
[Chorus]
Oh
St. Peter
Keeper of the burning doors
Raise the trumpet over fear
Let the kingdoms of the proud fall silent
Oh
St. Peter
Keys are hanging from your chain
You were sinking on the water
Now you’re thunder in the rain (in the rain)
Thunder in the rain