The Angels We Burned

[Verse 1] You drew halos in the margins Of a notebook full of storms Said you’d stay until the sunrise Then you watched the sunrise burn You carved promises in plastic Bent your truth until it tore Left your wings inside my bedroom Feathers frozen to the floor [Chorus] These are the angels we burned Prayers in the ash on my tongue You said that heaven would learn What we did can’t be undone I keep your halo in dirt Where all our secrets return We were the angels The angels we burned [Verse 2] You laughed soft and then you shattered Like a bottle in my hands Every “always” turning acid Every touch a reprimand You turned pain into a language That I never learned to speak So you wrote your name in scarlet Down the center of my cheek (hey!) [Chorus] These are the angels we burned Prayers in the ash on my tongue You said that heaven would learn What we did can’t be undone I keep your halo in dirt Where all our secrets return We were the angels The angels we burned [Bridge] [sudden drop to clean guitar Close vocal] I still wake up to your screaming From a thousand miles away Every echo is a sermon Every silence wants to pray [full band slams back in] If forgiveness is a furnace Then we’re coal that won’t ignite So I’ll light the wings we wasted Just to see you one more night (one more night) [Chorus] These are the angels we burned Prayers in the ash on my tongue You said that heaven would learn What we did can’t be undone I keep your halo in dirt Where all our secrets return We were the angels The angels we burned We were the angels The angels we burned (yeah)