Dancing With The Devil

[Intro]
Black keys in a cold room
Candles burning too low
Footsteps on the stained stone
Something waiting below (oh)
[Verse 1]
Silver tongue in the doorway
Red wine on the altar cloth
Every promise tastes sweet
Till it shows you the cost
I kept carving my cravings
In the bark of my soul
Every scar a small prayer
For losing control
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the choir in reverse now
Every hymn twists and bends
I was begging for forgiveness
But I only found a friend
[Chorus]
I’m dancing with the devil
In the ruin of my halo
Spinning in the ashes
Of the boy I used to know
No more pleading for a pardon
Let the black smoke fill my lungs
I chose the thorns
I chose the fire
I chose the evil in my tongue
I’m dancing with the devil
And I won’t turn and run
[Verse 2]
Midnight on a Sunday
Laughing as the church bells crack
Every vow that I shattered
Built a bridge I can’t go back
I feed every temptation
Like a beast in a cage
Now the lock lies wide open
And it’s calling my name
[Pre-Chorus]
All the saints fade to statues
Eyes of stone
Lips of dust
I was clinging to their stories
But I only trust my lust
[Chorus]
I’m dancing with the devil
In the ruin of my halo
Spinning in the ashes
Of the boy I used to know
No more pleading for a pardon
Let the black smoke fill my lungs
I chose the thorns
I chose the fire
I chose the evil in my tongue
I’m dancing with the devil
And I won’t turn and run
[Bridge]
[Low chant]
We are the ones who fall
We are the ones who burn
We are the ones who trade
Grace we’ll never earn
Solo in the shadows
As the stained glass rains down
I drink every last echo
Of a long-vanished crown (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m dancing with the devil
In the ruin of my halo
Spinning in the ashes
Of the soul I used to know
No more pleading for a pardon
Let the black smoke fill my lungs
I chose the thorns
I chose the fire
I chose the hunger of my tongue
I’m dancing with the devil
Till my final song is sung
[Outro]
[Chant
Growing louder]
We chose the fall
We chose the flame
We chose the sin
And we’d choose it again

metal, Epic power/speed metal ballad with dark minor-key piano intro, double-kick drums, chugging and galloping guitars, male vocals, and a huge chant-heavy chorus; verses stay tense and shadowed with piano and toms, chorus explodes with stacked gang vocals and soaring lead, bridge drops to haunted piano and choir before a final full-band reprise, speed metal, power metal, ballad