[Intro]
Yeah
Feathers in the fire
Trumpets in the smoke
Listen
[Verse 1]
Azrael in the doorway
Sand on his cloak, eyes old as the dawn
Whisper in my ear, says
"Every kingdom you build gets torn"
Lucifer on a throne of glass
Bare feet on the cracks, still grinning
Talking 'bout "freedom" and "truth"
Like chains ain’t how this started spinning
Wings burned black at the edges
Still casting shade on the sky
He points up, says
"Tell me why love needs laws to survive"
Heaven’s gates like steel teeth
Grinding when they hear his name
He says, "If they call this peace
Why’s everything built on blame?"
[Chorus]
War in the clouds, fire in the choir
Lucifer laughs, Azrael tired
Heaven and hell in my chest, both choirs sing
Divine intervention when the torn bell rings
War in the clouds, fire in the choir
One wants blood, one wants quiet
Heaven and hell in my chest, both choirs sing
Divine intervention when the torn bell rings
[Verse 2]
Azrael carries a book
Pages made of all my almosts
Names of the ones I hurt
Names of the ones I ghosted
He flips to a page with my face
Says, "You stand right there in between
Not a saint, not a serpent
Just a witness to the unseen"
Lucifer lights up a match
Lets it drop, watches faith catch slow
Says, "They only praise the sun
'Cause they scared of what they don’t know"
He offers a blade, hilt carved
With every broken vow I swore
Azrael takes it, snaps it
Lets the metal rain on the floor
Says, "Kid, this choice ain’t theirs
No crowd, no crown, just you
You’re the front line trench
Where the angels test what’s true"
[Chorus]
War in the clouds, fire in the choir
Lucifer laughs, Azrael tired
Heaven and hell in my chest, both choirs sing
Divine intervention when the torn bell rings
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Trumpets over ashes, choirs over screams
I’m stitched from dust, from doubt, from dream
If I fall down, is it part of the plan
Or just two empires pulling at a single human hand?
[whispered vocals]
He says, "Rise"
He says, "Burn"
I close my eyes
Let the whole sky turn
[Chorus]