[Verse 1]
Iron throne
Empty hall
Every echo carves my skull
I wear gold
Made of rust
Every oath turned into dust
I raised walls
Stone on stone
Now I choke inside my own
Bloody flags
Never wave
Just hang heavy from the grave
[Chorus]
Crown of ashes
Burning slow
I am king of all I broke
Every victory
Just a curse I chose
Till you walked into my war
Lit a torch inside the storm
Now this crown of ashes starts to glow
[Verse 2]
[Male vocal]
Cold wine
In my hand
Tastes like iron
Tastes like sand
Every night
Same old prayer
“Leave my name
Leave my lair”
[Female vocal]
Yet you call
Through the dark
I see fear around your heart
You’re not stone
You’re not steel
I can hear the man beneath the shield
[Pre-Chorus]
[Male + Female]
If I fall
Will you stay
If I break
Will you remain
[Chorus]
Crown of ashes
Burning slow
I am king of all I broke
Every victory
Just a curse I chose
Till you walked into my war
Lit a torch inside the storm
Now this crown of ashes starts to glow
[Bridge]
[Male vocal]
I was born to stand alone (so they said, so they swore)
Built a castle made of bones (locked the gates, barred the doors)
[Female vocal]
But your shadow touches mine (step by step, closer still)
And the gallows in your mind
Start to bend to my will
[Male + Female]
Let the ghosts fall off these walls
Let the throne crack
Let it fall
If I’m nothing
Let it be
Nothing
Standing next to you with me (yeah)
[Chorus]
Crown of ashes
Burning slow
I am king of all I broke
Every victory
Just a curse I chose
Till you walked into my war
Lit a torch inside the storm
Now this crown of ashes starts to glow
[Outro]
[Male + Female
Held]
Crown of ashes
Crown reborn
In your light
I leave the storm