Lazarus

Oh Lazarus tell me ‘bout the deep dark sleep

Does it come quick and kind

Do you feel it creep?

Oh, do you feel it creep?

Oh Lazarus tell me does the price get paid

Weight your heart against a feather

Can you make the trade?

Oh, can you make the trade?

Between the fire and the sky

On the edge of a knife

Of all the altars that you kept sweet

Words that made your knees weak

Was it what you wanted when it’s said and done?

All your diviners and your saints

Could they ever change your fate?

When the old gods call you home

Oh Lazarus tell me do the secrets keep

The ones you took to the grave

Do they get set free?

Oh, do they get set free?

And oh Lazarus tell me when the bright light fades

Do you fear what you see?

Can you speak its name?

Oh, can you speak its name?

Between the fire and the sky

On the edge of a knife

Of all the altars that you kept sweet

Words that made your knees weak

Was it what you wanted when it’s said and done?

All your diviners and your saints

Did they ever change your fate?

When the old gods call you home

Now you shoulder the load that you weren’t meant to carry

You speak of the things that the tongue cannot say

Now you’ve glimpsed the things that belong to the buried

Are you longing now to return to the clay?

Of all the altars that you kept sweet

Words that made your knees weak

Was it what you wanted when it’s said and done?

All your diviners and your saints

Did they ever change your fate?

When the old gods call you home

Oh Lazarus, tell me when you caught that breath

Was it joy, was it fear pounding in your chest?

Oh, do you dare confess?