[Intro]
At the twelfth bell
The candles died
The last mass of midnight
Opened wide

[Verse]
The people were kneeling in smoke and fear
While the bishop was naming me sin
But my voice came rising, impossibly clear
From the burning cathedral within
The chalice was trembling, the scripture was torn
The organ began to descend
For under the altar where martyrs were sworn
The dead had returned at the end

[Pre-Chorus]
No more hiding
No more night
Let the guilty
Face the light

[Chorus]
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the hymn of the grave
This is the hour of witness
For every soul they betrayed
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the breaking of lies
When the queen below the cathedral
Looks through the living eyes

[Verse]
The bishop cried out that my crown was unclean
That my kingdom was cursed from below
But the saints rose around him, their faces serene
And the choir of the buried said no
The nobles who feasted on centuries of dust
Tried to vanish through shattered red glass
But every locked secret and every old trust
Was summoned to stand in the mass

[Pre-Chorus]
No more velvet
No disguise
No salvation
Bought with lies

[Chorus]
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the hymn of the grave
This is the hour of witness
For every soul they betrayed
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the breaking of lies
When the queen below the cathedral
Looks through the living eyes

[Instrumental]
Organ roars, choir divides
Guitars strike thunder on both sides
Strings twist softly into flame
The dead and living speak one name

[Bridge]
Bishop, behold what you buried in stone
Not a demon, not hunger for throne
I was the lock and the guardian gate
You were the hand that invited fate
Look to the chamber, look to the star
Look what your fear nearly let through the scar
Had I not suffered below your floor
Darkness would already be at your door

[Breakdown]
Kneel to the truth
Not to me
Kneel to the wound
You would not see
Kneel to the dead
You left unnamed
Kneel to the light
You almost maimed

[Build-up]
And when the midnight bell is done
And when the ash unveils the sun
The world must choose what it will keep
A holy lie or truth buried deep

[Chorus]
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the hymn of the grave
This is the hour of witness
For every soul they betrayed
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the breaking of lies
When the queen below the cathedral
Looks through the living eyes

[Chorus]
This is the last mass of midnight
This is the end of the chain
This is the mercy of memory
This is the judgment of pain
This is the last mass of midnight
Let every false bell cease
When the queen below the cathedral
Gives the shattered dead release

[Outro]
At the twelfth bell
The candles died
The last mass of midnight
Left no lie alive