The Hollow Altar Songtext
von Caelestra

Free from the labyrinth, out of its throes
Treacherous climb into the light
Fingertips flayed on bloodied verglas
He lies in wait beyond the emptiness
Through faded halls and the pale arcades
To hear my hopes lament

See me laid bare. I′m open wide
My broken prayer. Wide open. Wide open
Exhale my sorrow. Coiled in your arms
A death embrace

Leviathan. Serpent of silver
Show me the beauty in decay
Leviathan. Divine arbiter
Show me the beauty in decay

Argent wings unfurl
Envelop. Enfold
Cradle, swathe and sway
Envelop. Enfold


Enfold

Her body a prism of gold autumn rays
Draped in white lace. Fragile and fae
Gossamer thin outline of a dream
Her beauty pierces the soul

I'm open wide
My broken prayer wide open. Wide open
Exhale my sorrow coiled in your arms embrace

Let the end come swift with no fanfare
Like falling snow settling in silence
Love and peace with ache and death entwined

All as one

All as one in wonder

Wonder

Oh, may the end come. may the end come swift
(Leviathan. Serpent of silver. show me the beauty in decay)
Oh, may the end come. May the end come swift
(The beauty in decay)
Here I saw love was the guillotine