[Verse 1]
Ash in my veins
Rust in my lungs
Crown of bent nails
Stitched to my tongue
Dragged through the chapel
By a chain of old vows
Your banner in tatters
Still nailed to my mouth (ugh)
[Chorus]
I am the cursed black knight
Bound to the black throne
Spit out the sun
Taste stone
Bleed where the roots grow
I am the cursed black knight
Sworn to a dead crown
Kiss me with cold steel
Drag my heart back down
[Verse 2]
Wedding dress
Warplate
Sewn with barbed wire
Veil made of vultures
Circling my pyre
You carved your sigil
In the back of my eyes
So even in darkness
I see your rise
[Chorus]
I am the cursed black knight
Bound to the black throne
Spit out the sun
Taste stone
Bleed where the roots grow
I am the cursed black knight
Sworn to a dead crown
Kiss me with cold steel
Drag my heart back down
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to half-time
Guitars ring]
Every oath a lock
Every scar a key
Turn them in my flesh
Set the monster free (yeah)
When the last bell cracks
When the last priest falls
You will hear my boots
In your fractured halls
[Chorus]
I am the cursed black knight
Bound to the black throne
Spit out the sun
Taste stone
Bleed where the roots grow
I am the cursed black knight
Sworn to a dead crown
Kiss me with cold steel
Drag my heart back down (down)