From Chains to Crowns

[Verse 1]
The whip cracked loud
The dust it rose
My name was a whisper no one chose
Chains on my wrists
Hunger in my eyes
I prayed to the moon
It ignored my cries
[Chorus]
From nothing
I ran
I bled
I burned
The stars above me twisted
Turned
From chains to crowns
The skies will sing
A slave
A mage
A queen
A king
[Verse 2]
They cursed my name
Called me a thief
But the wind gave me wings
The night brought relief
I stole the fire from a dying star
Carried it home in a shattered jar
[Prechorus]
I was broken
But I was wild
The world feared the fire of a beggar’s child
[Chorus]
From nothing
I ran
I bled
I burned
The stars above me twisted
Turned
From chains to crowns
The skies will sing
A slave
A mage
A queen
A king
[Bridge]
Now they bow where they once threw stones
A throne of ash
A crown of bones
I hold the storms in my trembling hand
A slave no longer
I rule this land

emo, folk, acoustic; haunting female vocals over a fingerpicked guitar. sparse violin accents for emotional swells. raw and intimate, simple, world, building to a powerful crescendo.