Lyrics
Come closer...The doors are open...No saints survive here...
I found your voice beneath the marble floorCalling my name like a sin I knew beforeCandles trembled when I touched the flameSomething ancient woke inside my veins
Your love was not a shelter, not a prayerIt was a serpent breathing in the airCoiling softly round my broken spineTeaching every scar to shine
I don’t need saving from the darkI built a cathedral from the sparkEvery tear became a stained-glass eyeWatching me ascend, watching me defy
Serpent chapel, open wide for meI kneel to nothing, I was born to be freeBite my heart and bless my nameI turn devotion into flameSerpent chapelLet the angels turn awayI become the night they fear to pray
You dressed the truth in a velvet lieFed me poison from a silver skyBut I kept the taste beneath my tongueAnd made a kingdom from what you had done
No white confession, no holy cureI am the fever and the wound made pureEvery shadow crawling through my skinBows to the woman I became within
I don’t run from what I craveI plant red roses on my graveLet them bloom where the bodies fallI hear my hunger and answer the call
Serpent chapel, open wide for meI kneel to nothing, I was born to be freeBite my heart and bless my nameI turn devotion into flameSerpent chapelLet the angels turn awayI become the night they fear to pray
If love is a curseThen carve it deeperIf pain is a churchI am the keeper
If heaven deniesWhat burns inside meThen hell can watchBut it will not guide me
No crown from youNo chains remainI kiss the venomI own the pain
My blood is thunderMy breath is blackI walked through ruinAnd came back
Serpent!Chapel!Open!For me!
Hush now...Bow now...The bride of the dark is awake now...
Serpent chapel, open wide for meI kneel to nothing, I was born to be freeBite my heart and bless my nameI turn devotion into flameSerpent chapelNo more mercy, no more shameI leave the altar wearing my own name
Come closer...The doors are closing...No saints survived here...Only me.
