[Verse 1]
I found your wing print in the ash
By the gate with the iron latch
Ten names carved in the chapel stone
But yours still burned like a live coal
Blackened sky over the river bed
You said "follow where the fallow fled"
I took the road past the broken mill
Where the cold wind sings, and it sings still
[Pre-Chorus]
Count the steps
Hear the choir rise
Ten gold scars
Cut the night apart
Hold your breath
As the towers lean
There you are
In the shattered seam
[Chorus]
Tenth angel, take me high
Tenth angel, split the sky
(ten-th angel)
I was born to climb
Tenth angel, lead the charge
Tenth angel, raise the sparks
(raise the sparks)
I'll burn, I'll fly, I'll rise
[Verse 2]
Down in the vault where the candles die
I saw your face in the furnace light
One cracked halo, one silver blade
One hand steady through the barrage and haze
You don't kneel, you don't ask for grace
You just carve a path through the iron maze
And every fear that I used to know
Turns into dust when you say go
[Pre-Chorus]
Count the steps
Hear the choir rise
Ten gold scars
Cut the night apart
Hold your breath
As the towers lean
There you are
In the shattered seam
[Chorus]
Tenth angel, take me high
Tenth angel, split the sky
(ten-th angel)
I was born to climb
Tenth angel, lead the charge
Tenth angel, raise the sparks
(raise the sparks)
I'll burn, I'll fly, I'll rise
[Bridge]
[Breakdown]
Now the ground shakes
Now the old vows crack
I won't look back
I won't look back
Ten bright feathers
In the storm's cold mouth
Call me up
Call me out
[Final Chorus]
Tenth angel, take me high
Tenth angel, split the sky
(ten-th angel)
I was born to climb
Tenth angel, lead the charge
Tenth angel, raise the sparks
(raise the sparks)
I'll burn, I'll fly, I'll rise
Tenth angel, take me home
Tenth angel, don't let go
(don't let go)
Through the fire line
Tenth angel, make me brave
Tenth angel, name the grave
(name the grave)
I'll burn, I'll fly, I'll rise