Cathedral of Teeth

Lyrics

[Intro] Beneath the chapel floor A patient engine turns The candles bow like reeds And every stone remembers [Verse 1] You sealed the iron doorway With seven names in wax But something underneath you Has learned to count the cracks The organ coughs a warning The bell refuses dawn You hear your own breath answering From somewhere it is gone [Pre-Chorus] Hold the match above the stair Do not look down Do not look down [Chorus] Wake the buried crown Let the black earth open wide When the ancient gears come round There will be nowhere left to hide Raise the ruined sound Till the painted saints divide You can run from this house But it has learned your stride [Verse 2] A figure in the parlor Wears your childhood face It points toward the portrait Where the eyes have changed their place The floorboards pulse beneath you The walls begin to breathe A choir made of broken teeth Is singing through the beams [Pre-Chorus] Drop the match into the well Hear the whole world ring Hear the whole world ring [Chorus] Wake the buried crown Let the black earth open wide When the ancient gears come round There will be nowhere left to hide Raise the ruined sound Till the painted saints divide You can run from this house But it has learned your stride [Bridge] No heaven in the rafters No mercy in the stone The thing that wore your family name Was waiting here alone Count the steps, count the scars Count the hands against the glass When the final door swings inward You will know you never passed [Breakdown] Bite the chain Break the seal Name the wound Make it real Bite the chain Break the seal Nothing sleeps beneath the hill [Final Chorus] Wake the buried crown Let the black earth open wide When the ancient gears come round There will be nowhere left to hide Raise the ruined sound Till the painted saints divide You can run from this house But it has learned your stride [Outro] The chapel floor is quiet The candles burn upright Your footsteps leave the doorway Then stop outside