Noiraciel - Blood on the Halo

[Intro – Clean, low / ritual] Gold around my head Red across my hands What was once called holy No longer understands

[Verse 1 – Clean] The organ hummed through velvet smoke As marble saints began to choke A silver light turned bruised and red Like heaven blushing for the dead

The violins moved sharp and slow Like silk dragged lightly over bone Low horns rolled under every breath A kiss, a curse, a hint of death

[Pre-Chorus – Clean building] I wore devotion Like perfume and chains I touched the sacred And left it stained

[Pre-Chorus – Growl layer] No pure confession No sin to conceal Only the mark Of what is real

[Chorus – Clean + Growl Layer] Blood on the halo Red in the light where innocence died Blood on the halo Love and destruction braided inside Raise the choir Lower the blade Let the beautiful learn what the beautiful made Blood on the halo I wore the wound And called it divine

[Post-Chorus – Growl accent] [Growl] Blood On the halo

[Verse 2 – Clean] The piano fell in blackened pearls Across a throne of ash and girls The bells were soft, the drums were deep Like something holy gone to sleep

My wings were wide with burnished scars Still catching fire from dying stars And every gaze that met my face Could feel the poison under grace

[Pre-Chorus – Clean] I gave them beauty I gave them fear I made the distant Feel too near

[Pre-Chorus – Growl layer] No saint above me No clean design I touched the light And made it mine

[Chorus – Clean + Growl Layer] Blood on the halo Red in the light where innocence died Blood on the halo Love and destruction braided inside Raise the choir Lower the blade Let the beautiful learn what the beautiful made Blood on the halo I wore the wound And called it divine

[Bridge – Clean / Choir / Growl] [Clean] Grand piano trembling under lace and flame Strings circling slowly around my name French horns blooming like a royal sin And I leaned in I leaned in

[Choir] Sancta no more Sancta no more

[Growl] Break the mirror Crack the gold Show them what the myths don’t hold Skin and marble Breath and wire I made holiness Taste desire

[Breakdown – Growl] Drag the silk through burning oil Make the altar learn recoil Split the pearl and flood the white Turn the blessing into bite No forgiveness No disguise Only hunger dressed as light

[Orchestral Lift – Clean] Hear the cellos pull me lower Hear the violins draw blood Hear the brass kiss through the ruin Like a crown inside a flood

[Final Chorus – Clean + Huge Growl Layer + Choir] Blood on the halo Red in the light where innocence died Blood on the halo Love and destruction braided inside Raise the choir Lower the blade Let the beautiful learn what the beautiful made Blood on the halo I wore the wound And called it divine

[Final Lift – Clean / Choir] Blood on the halo No untouched heaven left to find Blood on the halo Every scar now burns like wine Blood on the halo Every prayer now tastes like fire Blood on the halo I took the fall And dressed it in desire

[Outro – Clean low] Gold around my head Red across my hands What was once called holy No longer understands