[Intro]
Shadows
Know my name
Once I bled for them
Now I burn the same
[Verse 1]
I was the hand that held the line
Broke my bones to buy them time
Watched my world crawl into fire
Heard their screams
Felt the choir go silent
They left me buried in the smoke
Praying over empty clothes
Every promise turned to rot
Now every tender memory
Is something I am not
[Chorus]
Bow to your broken king
I wear this crown of ashes
All that you took from me
Comes back in roaring flashes
You made a monster
Shaped from everything you killed
You wanted heroes
Now choke on what you built
[Verse 2]
Heart turned iron in my chest
Grief carved venom in my breath
Angels spit and turned their backs
So I stitched my halo
Out of cracks and blackened glass
I hear your pleading through the walls
Same soft voices fed my fall
Say my name like it’s a prayer
But every tear you offer me
Is gasoline I wear
[Chorus]
Bow to your broken king
I wear this crown of ashes
All that you took from me
Comes back in roaring flashes
You made a monster
Shaped from everything you killed
You wanted heroes
Now choke on what you built
[Bridge]
(Yeah) remember when I bled for you
Laid my body over truth
You called it duty
Called it fate
Then left me screaming at the gate
Now every halo’s just a noose
Every “sorry” just abuse
I drag my pain across the sky
Till every saint
Learns how to die (die)
[Chorus]
Bow to your broken king
I wear this crown of ashes
All that you took from me
Comes back in roaring flashes
You made a monster
Shaped from everything you killed
You wanted heroes
Now choke on what you built (what you built)