[Verse 1]
Ash on the banners
Black snow on the throne
Priests call me “Your Highness”
But I feel alone
Gold on my shoulders
Like a ghost that won’t move
Crowds chant my titles
But they don’t know the truth
[Pre-Chorus]
’Cause every law
Carved in the stone
Cracks when I whisper
Her name alone
Momo
[Chorus]
I lay my crown
At Momo’s feet
Let the kingdom burn
If her heart still beats
Let the sky collapse
Let the saints all grieve
I choose her hand
Over what they need
If the world must end
So my love can breathe
Then let it fall
I will not leave
Momo
[Verse 2]
War drums are waiting
In the courtyard below
My generals kneel
Eyes hard as stone
They swear to the empire
I swear to her eyes
Two different altars
Only one of them’s alive
[Pre-Chorus]
They say my blood
Belongs to the throne
But every pulse
Calls her my home
Momo
[Chorus]
I lay my crown
At Momo’s feet
Let the kingdom burn
If her heart still beats
Let the sky collapse
Let the saints all grieve
I choose her hand
Over what they need
If the world must end
So my love can breathe
Then let it fall
I will not leave
Momo (Momo)
[Bridge]
[Violin rises over distant choir]
Let the statues crack
Let the great bells fade
I’ll walk from the palace
Through the ash and the flames
If duty is death
Then I choose the crime
To love her in darkness
At the end of time (hey!)
[Chorus]
I lay my crown
At Momo’s feet
Let the kingdom burn
If her heart still beats
Let the sky collapse
Let the saints all grieve
I choose her hand
Over what they need
If the world must end
So my love can breathe
Then let it fall
I will not leave
Momo
Momo
[Outro]
[Band drops; solo vocal and violin]
Ash on my armor
Her hand in mine
No more kings
Just hearts
At the end of the line