[Intro]
Rain through the roof
Rain through the flame
The nave turned black
And called my name

[Verse 1]
The storm had entered through the glass
In ropes of silver thread
It struck the pews, it drowned the aisle
It beat upon the dead
The candles hissed but would not die
Their flames bent low and lean
The organ pipes gave up their dust
And breathed a rusted green

[Verse 2]
I crossed the flood in chapel light
With water to my shins
Each step disturbed a little world
Of ash and paper skins
The angels blurred along the walls
The saints dissolved in rain
And every color from the glass
Ran down like opened veins

[Pre-Chorus]
No more hiding in the corners
No more kneeling out of sight
The whole cathedral knew me now
And dressed itself in night

[Chorus]
In the nave of black rain
I cannot call this grief alone
Every drop speaks your name
Every bell becomes a stone
In the nave of black rain
I am broken, not destroyed
I have mistaken guilt for love
And silence for a voice

[Verse 3]
The photograph slipped from my hand
And floated face-up slow
Your image crossed the flooded aisle
Through candle smoke below
I chased it like a drowning man
Through pew and prayer and foam
But when I held it to my chest
The paper was not home

[Pre-Chorus]
You were never in the relic
You were never in the chain
You were not the thing I carried
Through the nave of black rain

[Chorus]
In the nave of black rain
I cannot call this grief alone
Every drop speaks your name
Every bell becomes a stone
In the nave of black rain
I am broken, not destroyed
I have mistaken guilt for love
And silence for a voice

[Drum Break]
Rain on wood
Rain on bone
Rain on every
Unknown stone

[Bridge]
Then the woman’s voice rose high above
The drowning of the floor
Not begging me to follow her
Not closing any door
She sang as if the storm itself
Could be a kind of grace
If I stopped trying to wear your death
As proof I knew your face

[Build-up]
Let it fall
Let it name
Let it wash
But not erase

[Final Chorus]
In the nave of black rain
I cannot call this grief alone
Every drop speaks your name
Every bell becomes a stone
In the nave of black rain
I am broken, not destroyed
I have mistaken guilt for love
And silence for a voice
In the nave of black rain
I let the relic go
Not to lose the one I loved
But to learn what love must know

[Outro]
Rain through the roof
Rain through the flame
The nave turned black
But I remained