[Intro]
Soft keys in the dark
Candle on stone
One voice in the chapel
Afraid
But not alone
[Verse 1]
Boot prints on marble
Blood on the mail
Rust on the standard
Old vows grown pale
My name in the ledger
Of men marked to fall
Yet still I am reaching
Through ash and the wall
[Pre-Chorus]
Faces I failed in the firelight
Echo in armor I drag through the night
[Chorus]
Hail Mary
Hear my war-torn soul
Ave Maria
Take this fractured oath
Lead me through thunder
Through burning sky
Miserere
Don’t let me die
Hail Mary
When the steel rain falls
Sancta Maria
Catch me when I crawl
If I must fall to end this endless war
Let me fall at your door
[Verse 2]
Trumpets on sunrise
Flags in the rain
Choirs on the ramparts
Drown out my shame
A letter half-written
Stained by my hand
A promise to children
I don’t understand
[Pre-Chorus]
If there is grace for the arrogant
Sing me a mercy for penitent men
[Chorus]
Hail Mary
Hear my war-torn soul
Ave Maria
Take this fractured oath
Lead me through thunder
Through burning sky
Miserere
Don’t let me die
Hail Mary
When the steel rain falls
Sancta Maria
Catch me when I crawl
If I must fall to end this endless war
Let me fall at your door
[Bridge]
[Choir and strings]
Ave Maria
Plena gratia
Lux in tenebris
Esto via mea
Peccata mea
Cor confiteor
In hora mortis
Esto mihi flos
[Band enters]
I was a sword
Now I would heal
Teach these hands mercy
Unclench this steel
If I return
Carry me home
If I am taken
Claim what you own
[Chorus]
Hail Mary
Hear my war-torn soul
Ave Maria
Take this fractured oath
Lead me through thunder
Through burning sky
Miserere
Don’t let me die
Hail Mary
When the steel rain falls
Sancta Maria
Catch me when I crawl
If I must fall to end this endless war
Let me fall at your door
[Outro]
[Piano
Harp
And choir]
Ave
Ave
Silent and small
Hail Mary
You have heard it all