The halos are heavy, the altars are cold We traded our time for a lie we were sold They built us a cage out of crystal and grace But the mirrors just show me a stranger's tired face I’m sick of the anthems, the hymns without end Where every confession just costs you a friend. The daylight is ruthless, it strips away pride, Leaving nowhere to rest and nowhere to hide. Pre-Chorus So sever the tether, untie the last knot We’re leaving the garden to weather and rot. The pearly gates rust if you look close enough, It’s time to call out the divine on its bluff. Chorus So close your eyes tight, let the oceans go black We are crossing the border and we ain't looking back Let the saints have their gold and their blinding white light We’ll find our own kingdom deep in the night Where the stars never burn and the shadows run deep In the dark side of heaven, forever to keep. Verse 2 The seraphim sleep while the midnight descends This is the threshold where certainty ends There is no judgment to fear in the absolute void Just the silence of idols we gladly destroyed We’ll carve out a throne from obsidian stone A sanctuary built for the exiled alone. No choirs to deafen, no masters to please, Just the cold, quiet comfort of a sudden release. Pre-Chorus So sever the tether, untie the last knot We’re leaving the garden to weather and rot. The pearly gates rust if you look close enough, It’s time to call out the divine on its bluff. Chorus So close your eyes tight, let the oceans go black We are crossing the border and we ain't looking back Let the saints have their gold and their blinding white light We’ll find our own kingdom deep in the night Where the stars never burn and the shadows run deep In the dark side of heaven, forever to keep. Bridge They promised us glory, they promised us dawn But the dawn is a fire that rages right on It burns out the secrets, it bleaches the bone I’d rather the shadows we can call our own. Yes, I'd rather fall with the rebels and thieves Than bow to a tyrant who takes before he leaves. Guitar/Instrumental Solo (Driving, heavy rhythm building from a slow bassline into a frenetic, chaotic crescendo, representing the tearing away from the light.) Chorus So close your eyes tight, let the oceans go black We are crossing the border and we ain't looking back Let the saints have their gold and their blinding white light We’ll find our own kingdom deep in the night Where the stars never burn and the shadows run deep In the dark side of heaven, forever to keep. Outro Forever to keep. Let the oceans go black. There is no looking back. Deep in the night. The dark side of heaven. (Fade out on a lingering, dissonant chord fading into silence)
