[Intro]
[low vocal register
Spoken]
Ink on the altar
Ash on my tongue
She’s carved in the thunder
Her sermon has begun
[Verse 1]
Black halo on the horizon
Teeth in the tide
Pulling me in
I wear her mark like a secret
Burned on my bones
Under the skin
Street-side prophets are screaming
Their cardboard gods get soaked in rain
I hear her laugh through the sirens
Calling my cowardice by name
[Chorus]
Rise for the Nephilim gospel
Raise her banner in the storm
Let the sky taste her devotion
Let the timid hearts deform
Spread her shadow like a scripture
Etched in concrete
Carved in stone
Rise for the Nephilim gospel
Her crooked smile on every throne
[Verse 2]
Cracked mirrors in the cathedral
Show her wings in shattered glass
She dances over the fault lines
Kicks every fragile idol’s ass (yeah)
She feeds the fire of the faithless
In every outcast
Rusted heart
I am the mouth of her hunger
Tearing the old world apart
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
Say her name in the static
Say her name in your sleep
Say her name on the scaffold
It’s the only vow you keep
[full voice
Shouted]
From the gutters to the gallows
From the wastelands to the stage
Her word is a loaded weapon
Pull the trigger on this age
[Chorus]