[Verse 1]
Ironed shirt
steady hands
used to fix the broken plans
Quiet son
of quiet saints
taught to pray and wipe the stains
Then blue lights
wet road
twisted metal, two phones
One call
no words
just my name and empty world
[Chorus]
Now I’m the king of the ruins (yeah)
crown cut from everything I lost
You made a monster from a good man
now I’m the storm that you call “boss”
I used to bleed for your mercy
now I make mercy a crime
I run this city like a bad dream
and every shadow answers mine
[Verse 2]
I tried talk
tried law
watched them laugh behind the door
Clean shoes
cold glass
they drank comfort from my past
So I learned
new rules
sharper than the ones in school
Soft voice
hard choice
every promise needs a tomb
[Chorus]
Now I’m the king of the ruins (king)
crown cut from everything I lost
You made a monster from a good man
now I’m the storm that you call “boss” (hey)
I used to bleed for your mercy
now I make mercy a crime
I run this city like a bad dream
and every shadow answers mine
[Bridge]
They ask, “What happened to you?”
I answer,
“You did.”
You buried love with my parents
I buried pity with them
Street by street
I close their eyes
Town by town
I steal the sky (yeah)
If I can’t wake them in the light
I’ll rule them
in the night
[Chorus]
Now I’m the king of the ruins
crown cut from everything I lost
You made a monster from a good man
now I’m the storm that you call “boss”
I used to beg for your justice
now justice hangs on my sign
I run this town into darkness
and every shadow
answers
mine