**Verse 1** Motor oil rain on a funeral sun Sky peels back like a loaded gun Rust in my throat, I swallow the key Locked in the ribs of a dying machine Black velvet buzzards circle slow Feathers dipped in radio I bite my tongue until it blooms Metallic roses in empty rooms **Pre-Chorus** Low tide in my lungs again Breathing in what might have been **Chorus** Hey— Nail my shadow to the floor Hey— Hear it begging for a little more Cathedral built from feedback stains Choir of ghosts in my veins I’m baptized in the acid rain **Verse 2** Chrome-plated halo, cracked in two Mirror bends what I thought I knew Sermon screams through a paper crown Kings of nothing kneeling down Ashes bloom in my open hand Every promise sinks in sand I taste the iron, thick and sweet Heaven’s dragging concrete feet **Pre-Chorus** Slow burn under frozen skin Let the ritual begin **Chorus** Hey— Nail my shadow to the floor Hey— Hear it begging for a little more Cathedral built from feedback stains Choir of ghosts in my veins I’m baptized in the acid rain **Bridge (Half-time / Dissonant)** Spiral staircase, no top floor Knuckles white on a closing door If there’s a god inside the wire He hums in minor, feeds the fire Crucify the satellite Static saints in sleepless light I dig my grave with a silver spoon Plant the seed, it blooms too soon **Breakdown (Whisper to Scream)** Hollow bone Heavy stone Cut the throat Of the undertone **Final Chorus (Big, Wailing, Expansive)** Hey— Peel the heaven from my skin Hey— Let the wolves of doubt come in Cathedral shaking in my brain Thunder crawling through the frame I’m baptized— I’m baptized— In the acid rain **Outro (Haunting / Sustained)** Drone and tremor, blackened sky Hold the note and let it die.
