Rain writes verses on the steps
Orange mouth drinks the midnight wet
Altar smoke curls through the slats
Votive wax remembers prayer
Pumpkin hours burn slow and gold
Porch light keeps what dark has stole
Choir ribs still know the chord
Hallowed ground on splintered wood
Candle gutters, wind reads psalms
Shadows genuflect on rails
Incense rises from the rot
Sermon preached in ember code
Neighbor's radio plays dead
Static bleeds through stained glass air
We harmonize in minor key
Descant floating past the gate
Pumpkin hours burn slow and gold
Porch light keeps what dark has stole
Choir ribs still know the chord
Hallowed ground on splintered wood
Organ wheeze from buried pipes
Mellotron breathes through cracked glass
Cello bows the gutter's hymn
Fuzz guitars bless the threshold
Dawn will steal the carved grin
Wax pools cold on weathered grain
But tonight the altar holds
Two voices keeping vigil bright
Pumpkin hours burn slow and gold
Porch light keeps what dark has stole
Choir ribs still know the chord
Hallowed ground on splintered wood
Pumpkin hours burn slow and gold
Porch light keeps what dark has stole
Choir ribs still know the chord
Hallowed ground on splintered wood
Ember dies. Amen.