[Intro]
[whispered vocals]
Nyx
My star
You want the truth?
About the night your mother cried
I’ll show you what your father did
[Verse 1]
Throne of bone
Sky in flames
You were still a flicker
Just her name on my tongue
Celestine
They spat it like a curse
Gold-winged saints
Smiling as they burned her worth
I heard every halo laugh
Every bright blade drawn
Called me beast
Called her stain
Thought their heaven couldn’t fall
[Chorus]
Blood of Argus
Runs in your veins
I tore down heaven
Just to cleanse her name
Every feather
Still remembers my roar
For your mother
For my daughter
I left angels on the floor
[Verse 2]
Their gates
Cracked like glass
When I leaned on the light
One step
And the choirs broke
Couldn’t carry their own rites
I took their captain first
Hand through his shining chest
Said “Kneel
Say Celestine”
Watched the courage leave his breath
Wings like torn-up parchment
Trumpets choked mid-call
They prayed
They begged
They promised
But they’d already damned us all
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
They said she was unclean
For loving what they fear
So I wrote her vindication
In their perfect
Sacred tears
[guttural screams]
Name. My. Queen
While you drown in your dawn
Every crown
Every vow
On my claws
On my tongue
[crescendo]
And you
Nyx
When they point at your fangs
Remember how the sky once shook
When I snapped their silver chains
[Chorus]