[Verse 1]
Heaven spit me out
Featherless and mad
I came down hard
With the worst luck I ever had
Gold turned to rust
On the edge of my tongue
I bit through the sky
Now I’m broken and young
I watched the choir fold
Like paper in a fist
Now I walk these streets
With a cursed name on my list
Hands full of thunder
Heart full of smoke
Every step I take
Feels like another joke
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t bow
I don’t break
I don’t beg
I don’t shake
I fell once
Now I rise
With the fire
In my eyes
[Chorus]
Black wings down
I still swing
Black wings down
Hear me ring
Black wings down
I won’t kneel
Black wings down
I cut steel
[Verse 2]
They said stay pure
I said watch me burn
I wore the scar
Like a lesson never learned
I seen grace crack
On a marble floor
Heard the holy lock
And I kicked in the door
No halo left
Just a crown of nails
My voice got grit
And my mercy fails
I got dirt on my soul
And rage in my chest
If I’m damned to the end
Then I’ll do it best
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t bow
I don’t break
I don’t beg
I don’t shake
I fell once
Now I rise
With the fire
In my eyes
[Chorus]
Black wings down
I still swing
Black wings down
Hear me ring
Black wings down
I won’t kneel
Black wings down
I cut steel
[Bridge]
Look at me now
All scar and flame
Lost in the fall
Still screaming my name
If the gates stay shut
I’ll make my own
Stone by stone
I build my throne
[Final Chorus]
Black wings down
I still swing
Black wings down
Hear me ring
Black wings down
I won’t kneel
Black wings down
I cut steel
Black wings down
Say my name
Black wings down
I don’t change