Book of Titus

(Verse)
In the shadows of the Cretan shores
Where the liars dwell behind bolted doors
I leave you there to set the order right
To kindle stars within the dying night
Appoint the elders, silver-haired and grave
With hands unsullied and with spirits brave
Above reproach, the stewards of the light
In this heavy, hollow, everlasting night.

(Verse)
Teach the aged men to be sober, grand and deep
While the secrets of the ancient shadows sleep
Let the young men find the strength to turn away
From the lusts that lead the fragile heart astray
In a kingdom built of marble and of bone
Every word is seed upon the mountain stone
Let your speech be sound, a blade of polished steel
To cut through every wound that will not heal.

(Pre-Chorus)
The ocean groans beneath a leaden sky
As vanity and empty voices cry
The tether snaps, the old foundations fall
Can you hear the silence of the Master’s call?

(Chorus)
From the ruins of the flesh, a soul reborn
Washing clean the spirit, ragged and torn
We wait for the appearing, the glory and the flame
In a world that’s forgotten the weight of the Name.

(Verse)
It was not by works of ours, the blood or strife
But the washing of the water, the breath of life
He poured it out, a dark and holy rain
To break the iron link of every chain
Reject the heretic who sows the bitter seed
After the second warning, let the spirit bleed
For we are heirs of hope, of life beyond the grave
In the gothic silence of the souls He came to save.

(Chorus)
From the ruins of the flesh, a soul reborn
Washing clean the spirit, ragged and torn
We wait for the appearing, the glory and the flame
In a world that’s forgotten the weight of the Name.

(Chorus)
From the ruins of the flesh, a soul reborn
Washing clean the spirit, ragged and torn
We wait for the appearing, the glory and the flame
In a world that’s forgotten the weight of the Name.

High tempo, hardcore goth metal with a male baritone gravel voice and a harmonic melodic chorus