[Verse 1 – female clean vocals] Under broken spires, I walk alone, a pilgrim carved from dust and bone. The sky is bruised with ancient shame, and every echo speaks your name. The altar bleeds with stolen grace, your shadow haunts this holy place. I kneel before the truth I dread: our gods are gone — and hope is dead. --- [Pre-Chorus – clean, eerie] Whispered prayers fall into ash… No one answers when I ask. --- [Chorus – female cleans + choir backing] Raise the dead in the sanctum of the fallen, let the choir sing for sins unspoken. I’ve seen angels choke on the prayers we left — I’ve seen heaven crumble beneath our breath. If salvation comes, it won’t be for us — we turned our faith into dust. In the sanctum of the fallen I stand, just a ghost with trembling hands. --- [Verse 2 – male screams, brutal] Your holy scripture burns my tongue, a poisoned hymn we died among. The organ moans like dying breath, a requiem carved out of death. Your idols shattered in their sleep, their broken halos buried deep. No savior walks these halls tonight — we are the plague we tried to fight. --- [Pre-Chorus – whispered scream] No mercy left… the choir weeps. --- [Chorus – massive, tragic] Raise the dead in the sanctum of the fallen, let the choir sing for sins unspoken. I’ve seen angels choke on the prayers we left — I’ve seen heaven crumble beneath our breath. If salvation comes, it won’t be for us — we turned our faith into dust. In the sanctum of the fallen I stand, just a ghost with trembling hands. --- [Solo – orchestral guitar solo, no vocals] (düster, melodisch, wie ein brennendes Gebet) --- [Breakdown – male screams, absolut apokalyptisch] Tear down the walls of the sacred tomb! LET THE CHOIR DROWN IN DOOM! Light the pyres — BURN WHAT’S HOLY! SING THE DIRGE OF THE UNGODLY! We are the relics left behind — THE LAST DECAY OF MANKIND! --- [Final Chorus – choir + cleans + screams] Raise the dead in the sanctum of the fallen, let the choir wail for days forgotten. If redemption dies beneath the flame, then let the fire speak my name. Heaven breaks and so do I — a final hymn beneath the sky. In the sanctum of the fallen I stand, reborn from trembling hands. --- [Outro – female whisper] Forgive me… for becoming what I prayed for. ---

Sanctum of the Fallen