Faded Curtain Glow

Crimson robes upon the stone Angels weep with gilded tears Thorns that pierce the tender throne Bind my soul through shadowed years Veils of mist conceal the rite Sacred wounds that never heal In your gainless light burns My high heart of firm and zeal Hallelujah in the dark Seraphim with wings of flame Take me to your lulled arc In this storm of sacred pain Cross of fire, crown of thorns Love divine that twists and tears In your arms the heavens mourn Eternal vows through blood and praise Incense curls like lover's breath Chalice fills its ruby wine Saints in rapture facing death Bow the flesh divine Marble limbs in cold embrace Of the forbidden call grace Descends in wild disgrace Lifting us before the fall of the night Hallelujah in the dark Seraphim with wings of flame Take me to your hallowed, hallowed arc In this storm of sacred pain Cross of fire, crown of thorns Love divine that twists and tears In your arms the heavens mourn Eternal vows through blood and praise Beneath the dome where stars align Your halo cracks, the light pours through No absolution for this sin Just the pulse of me and you Relics shatter, altars bleed Paradise in fevered dream Redeem me with your heresy In the cathedral of our scheme Pews of ivory stained With icons gazed with jealous fire Holy water turns to love Desire that won't expire Bells toll low in distant plea For the faithful lost in night You are God to only me In this temple of delight Hallelujah in the dark Seraphim with wings of flame Take me to your hallowed, hallowed arc In this storm of sacred pain Cross of fire, crown of thorns Love divine that twists and tears In your arms the heavens mourn Eternal vows through blood and praise From the abyss your voice ascends A psalm of longing Fierce and true, no chains of hell Never no men's Just the rapture pulling through Light on altar Stone our devotion In the silence we atone For the bliss of blasphemy Hallelujah in the dark Seraphim with wings of flame Take me to your hallowed, hallowed arc In this storm of sacred pain Cross of fire, crown of thorns Love divine that twists and tears In your arms the heavens mourn Eternal vows through blood and praise Hallelujah fades away In the hush of shadowed vaults Forever night, forever day