[Intro]
Harp in the dark
Dust on the frame
Old torn poster
One sacred name
[Verse 1]
Faded flannel on the chair
Rust-red letters
Circle wear
Stereo cracked
But the ghost still plays
Rain in the room on the brightest days
Sour chords
Bent out of tune
Purple sky in a motel room
I was drowning in the roar and ring
Till your weathered voice began to sing
[Chorus]
Black hole sunfall
Pulling my shadow through the glass
All that poison
Turned into diamonds in the ash
You were the storm inside my headphones
You were the howl when I was numb
I raise my hands into that halo
Of a black hole sun (whoa)
[Verse 2]
Gravel throat
A tender blade
Soft in the breaks
In the feedback haze
You taught the pretty how to hurt
Turned every whisper into dirt
Fast and frantic
Then you’d fold
Leave just silence in the glow
Alternative prayers for the unredeemed
Hard-rock hymns for the kids who scream
[Chorus]
Black hole sunfall
Pulling my shadow through the glass
All that poison
Turned into diamonds in the ash
You were the storm inside my headphones
You were the howl when I was numb
I raise my hands into that halo
Of a black hole sun
[Bridge]
[Strings swell
Tempo drops]
Harp like rain on a rusted rail
Violins crying in a minor scale
All of our icons
Paper and smoke
All of our heroes
Punchline jokes
But when the chorus slammed the sky
You made it holy just to cry
You bent the light
You broke the day
Then slipped in silence
Washed away (away)
[Chorus]
Black hole sunfall
Pulling my shadow through the glass
All that poison
Turned into diamonds in the ash
You were the storm inside my headphones
You were the howl when I was numb
I sing your name into the echo
Of a black hole sun (black hole sun)
[Outro]
Harp in the dark
One last ring
Grunge-built altar
Where the faithful sing (oh)