[Verse 1]
Gold wings, black sky
I kneel in the ash
My brothers in silence
With war in their breath
The moon on my gauntlet
Looks sick and thin
I taste that old hunger
Crawling under my skin
[Verse 2]
Cathedrals of ruin
We walk through the smoke
Saints in the rafters
All cracking their oaths
My pulse turns violent
A drum in my jaw
I clutch for the mercy
That never was ours
[Pre-Chorus]
Brother, hold me back
I can feel it rise
A crimson animal
Behind my eyes
Brother, hold me back
The names blur and fade
We were made for glory
And cursed to the blade
[Chorus]
Red thirst, red thirst
It owns my tongue
Red thirst, red thirst
Till the prayer comes undone
Blood on my halo
Hell in my chest
Red thirst, red thirst
God help the rest
[Verse 3]
I see your face split
By the hunt in me
A kingship of ruin
A fucked-up decree
The last word of mercy
Chokes in my throat
Then the beast gets louder
And I let go
[Pre-Chorus]
Brother, hold me back
I can feel it rise
A crimson animal
Behind my eyes
Brother, hold me back
The hymns all break
We were made for glory
And damnation’s wake
[Chorus]
Red thirst, red thirst
It owns my tongue
Red thirst, red thirst
Till the prayer comes undone
Blood on my halo
Hell in my chest
Red thirst, red thirst
God help the rest
[Bridge]
If I fall, don’t name me saint
If I break, don’t call me pure
I wore the gold like a promise
Now I wear it like a curse
Let the choirs scream my failure
Let the banners burn and fold
I am steel around a fever
I am hunger dressed in gold
[Final Chorus]
Red thirst, red thirst
It owns my tongue
Red thirst, red thirst
Till the prayer comes undone
Blood on my halo
Hell in my chest
Red thirst, red thirst
God help the rest