[Intro]
Incense
Heavy as stone
Candles drip down
On a cracked glass throne
[Verse 1]
Velvet pages
Stained in wine and rust
Wolves in vestments
Kissing horn and dust
Silver chalice
Raised to crown and claw
Choir boys humming
Names they never saw
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you taste it?
All that sugar on your sin
Do you crave it?
Let the sermon drag you in (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
On your knees for the velvet throne of ashes
Sing his praise in the finest stolen fashions
Every hallelujah
Every brittle faith you own
You trade it like a token
For a master on a velvet throne
Velvet throne of ashes
[Verse 2]
Black-robed bishops
Smile with painted teeth
Gold rings clatter
Over grief beneath
Latin letters
Curl like serpent tails
Holy water
Stinging forked-tip veils
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you feel it?
How the blessing burns your skin
Do you need it?
Every promise
Every grin (hey!)
[Chorus]
On your knees for the velvet throne of ashes
Sing his praise in the finest stolen fashions
Every hallelujah
Every brittle faith you own
You trade it like a token
For a master on a velvet throne
Velvet throne of ashes
[Bridge]
[Face-melting guitar solo over pounding half-time march]
Crack the glass
Let the crimson flood the nave
Hear the mask
Whisper
“Freedom in this grave”
All the saints
Turn to idols made of tar
All your prayers
Fall like embers from a star
[Chant]
Hail
Hail
Crown of spite
Guide us deeper
Past the light
Hail
Hail
Teeth of gold
Take our hearts
Take our souls
[Chorus]
On your knees for the velvet throne of ashes
Sing his name while the pretty doctrine crashes
Every hallelujah
Every brittle faith you own
You trade it like a token
For a master on a velvet throne
Velvet throne of ashes (velvet throne)
Velvet throne of ashes