[Verse 1]
The Crown came snarling at dawn
Black sails cutting their wake
They read her name like a curse
I wore it like a blade
Gold flags on the horizon
Steel in the water below
They wanted my hands in chains
I gave them smoke and snow
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that thunder roll
Closer on the tide
I turned my bow to fire
And I kept my eyes alive
[Chorus]
Run, run, Crown
You can’t hold me down
Salt on my tongue
And my deck won’t bow
Run, run, Crown
I break, then I rise
She was born for the storm
And she slips your lines (she slips your lines)
[Verse 2]
Cannons opened the night wide
Iron tearing the sky
Their shot ripped through my rigging
But I laughed and drove on by
They threw hooks to my railings
Boots hit the boards with steel
We met in a storm of sabers
In a fight too hard to feel
[Pre-Chorus]
Torn rope, broken mast
Flames licking the seam
I spun through their heavy hands
Like a knife through a dream
[Chorus]
Run, run, Crown
You can’t hold me down
Salt on my tongue
And my deck won’t bow
Run, run, Crown
I break, then I rise
She was born for the storm
And she slips your lines (she slips your lines)
[Bridge]
They swarmed me under fire
They thought I’d take the fall
But I cut through the smoke
And climbed right over all
The mast split in the wind
The deck went wild with flame
I dove into the black sea
And let the waves say my name
[Final Chorus]
Run, run, Crown
You can’t hold me down
Salt on my tongue
And my deck won’t bow
Run, run, Crown
I break, then I rise
She was born for the storm
And she slips your lines (she slips your lines)
Run, run, Crown
Chase me if you can
I’m gone in the mist
With a cutlass in my hand