[Verse 1]
We met in the stable yard
Mud on your boots
Gold on my hands
You bowed
Then you laughed too hard
“Your Highness
” you teased
Like it was a joke we planned
Secret chess by candlelight
You called me “Love”
Behind closed doors
Map of the realm spread through the night
While we drew dreams
Not just new wars
[Chorus]
They can keep the crown
I’ll keep your name
Carved in my ribs like a burning brand
If I can’t hold you
I’ll burn this land
Every stone
Every throne
Every saint I can
They will learn what it means
When a king loves a knight
And they steal him from his hands
They can keep the crown
I’ll keep your name
I’ll paint the sky in their shame
[Verse 2]
They dragged you out at crimson dawn
Iron on wrists
Fire in your eyes
Said
“A king and a knight is wrong”
So they broke your shield
And wrote their lies
I watched them raise that silver spear
Couldn’t move
Could only shout
You smiled at me
“My king
No fear”
Then the world went red
And the light went out
[Chorus]
They can keep the crown
I’ll keep your name
Carved in my ribs like a burning brand
If I can’t hold you
I’ll burn this land
Every stone
Every throne
Every saint I can
They will learn what it means
When a king loves a knight
And they steal him from his hands
They can keep the crown
I’ll keep your name
I’ll paint the sky in their shame
[Bridge]
I tear down banners
One by one (hey!)
Rip out their creeds
With a bloody tongue
If love is the crime
Then I am the war
Open the gates
Let the rivers roar
I kiss the helm
They left in the mud
Swear on the steel
And on your blood
I’ll make them kneel
In the ruins they made
You were my heart
Now I am the blade
[Chorus]
They can keep the crown
I’ll keep your name
Carved in my ribs like a burning brand
If I can’t hold you
I’ll burn this land
Every stone
Every throne
Every saint I can
They will learn what it means
When a king loves a knight
And they steal him from his hands
They can keep the crown
I’ll keep your name
’Til the last fire eats this frame
[Outro]
My knight
My home
My only vow
They took you then
They’ll pay now
Let the kingdom fade
Into smoke and glass
All that survives
Is our crown of ashes