Altar

Ash falls like prayer
The garden burns for me
I built a throne from broken bones
A palace for my whispered moans
The walls of gold, the altar black
All crumble now beneath my track

Ashes of Eden, rise in flame
I set the world ablaze in my name
Every crown, every lie, every creed
Turns to smoke in my release
I kissed the fire, drank the light
And danced through shadows of the night

The saints I made, the saints I broke
All vanish now, my final stroke
I am the ruin, I am the spark
I carve my freedom through the dark

Ashes of Eden, rise in flame
I set the world ablaze in my name
Every crown, every lie, every creed
Turns to smoke in my release

Ashes of Eden, I am reborn
From ruin, light is never torn
I bleed, I burn, I rise anew
This temple dies, but I am true

But I am true
Ash falls like prayer, I rise like flame