[Intro]
[Verse]
The courtroom doors swing open on a heavy rusted hinge
Where the architects of ruin planned a dark and final binge
They built a wooden scaffold and they gathered in the park
To execute a spirit and to leave it in the dark
But the blueprint had a fracture that the builders couldn't see
A secret door for prisoners who were longing to be free
[Verse]
You stood before the gavel with your dignity in hand
While the shadows cast their judgment across a hollow land
They aimed to strike the center and to tear the roots away
To bury every harvest that you planted in the May
But the blade was blunt and crooked and the aim was far too wide
It only cut the tether to the ghost you held inside
[Pre-Chorus]
The malice that they offered was a gift within a shroud
A silver-lined redemption hidden deep inside the cloud
They thought they drew a circle that would trap you in the night
But they only drew the boundary for a brand new kind of light
[Chorus]
It was a blessing in the ashes not a curse upon the head
A resurrection symphony for the things they labeled dead
The first bar of the justice is the mercy that you find
When the enemies of progress leave the heavy world behind
No more trial in the valley no more kneeling at the gate
Just the sudden realization of a grander kind of fate
[Verse]
The career they tried to murder is a husk upon the floor
While you walk through the meadows to a wide and open door
They meant to choke the fountain and to dry the ancient well
But they only broke the gravity of the hollow golden shell
Now the fields are drinking water from a source they cannot reach
And you’re practicing a sermon that the silence has to teach
[Pre-Chorus]
The malice that they offered was a gift within a shroud
A silver-lined redemption hidden deep inside the cloud
They thought they drew a circle that would trap you in the night
But they only drew the boundary for a brand new kind of light
[Chorus]
It was a blessing in the ashes not a curse upon the head
A resurrection symphony for the things they labeled dead
The first bar of the justice is the mercy that you find
When the enemies of progress leave the heavy world behind
No more trial in the valley no more kneeling at the gate
Just the sudden realization of a grander kind of fate
[Verse]
The courtroom doors swing open on a heavy rusted hinge
Where the architects of ruin planned a dark and final binge
They built a wooden scaffold and they gathered in the park
To execute a spirit and to leave it in the dark
But the blueprint had a fracture that the builders couldn't see
A secret door for prisoners who were longing to be free
[Verse]
You stood before the gavel with your dignity in hand
While the shadows cast their judgment across a hollow land
They aimed to strike the center and to tear the roots away
To bury every harvest that you planted in the May
But the blade was blunt and crooked and the aim was far too wide
It only cut the tether to the ghost you held inside
[Pre-Chorus]
The malice that they offered was a gift within a shroud
A silver-lined redemption hidden deep inside the cloud
They thought they drew a circle that would trap you in the night
But they only drew the boundary for a brand new kind of light
[Chorus]
It was a blessing in the ashes not a curse upon the head
A resurrection symphony for the things they labeled dead
The first bar of the justice is the mercy that you find
When the enemies of progress leave the heavy world behind
No more trial in the valley no more kneeling at the gate
Just the sudden realization of a grander kind of fate
[Verse]
The career they tried to murder is a husk upon the floor
While you walk through the meadows to a wide and open door
They meant to choke the fountain and to dry the ancient well
But they only broke the gravity of the hollow golden shell
Now the fields are drinking water from a source they cannot reach
And you’re practicing a sermon that the silence has to teach
[Pre-Chorus]
The malice that they offered was a gift within a shroud
A silver-lined redemption hidden deep inside the cloud
They thought they drew a circle that would trap you in the night
But they only drew the boundary for a brand new kind of light
[Chorus]
It was a blessing in the ashes not a curse upon the head
A resurrection symphony for the things they labeled dead
The first bar of the justice is the mercy that you find
When the enemies of progress leave the heavy world behind
No more trial in the valley no more kneeling at the gate
Just the sudden realization of a grander kind of fate
[Chorus]
It was a blessing in the ashes not a curse upon the head
A resurrection
[Chorus]
It was a blessing in the ashes not a curse upon the head
A resurrection symphony for the things they labeled dead
The first bar of the justice is the mercy that you find
When the enemies of progress leave the heavy world behind
No more trial in the valley no more kneeling at the gate
Just the sudden realization of a grander kind of fate
[Outro]