Iron Heart, Hollow Crown

[Intro]
Ash on my armor
Blood in the dawn
Name carved in granite
Yet I walk on
[Verse 1]
Rust on the roses I carried
Thorns through the palm of my hand
Swore I would rescue an angel
Found only vultures in sand
Faces like mirrors of mercy
Eyes like a promise of spring
Every soft whisper said “forever”
Every cold morning took everything
[Chorus]
Iron heart
Hollow crown (hollow crown)
Every vow you gave just dragged me down
Kissed by blades and comforted by lies
I raise my shield
To your goodbye
Love is a grave I dig and never fill
[Verse 2]
I crossed the kingdoms for kindness
Chased after fragments of light
Each tender touch was a dagger
Hidden in velvet and white
You tied your ribbon around me
Said I was chosen
The one
Then lit the pyre behind me
Watched as the armor came undone
[Chorus]
Iron heart
Hollow crown (hollow crown)
Every vow you gave just dragged me down
Kissed by blades and comforted by lies
I raise my shield
To your goodbye
Love is a grave I dig and never fill
[Bridge]
[Half-time breakdown
Male growls over chugs]
I kneel in the chapel of ashes
Praying to ghosts of your name
You were the scripture I trusted
You were the war in my veins
[Female vocal]
I was the dagger under your tongue
Sweet on the surface
Poison when sung
You wanted heaven
I offered a throne
Made of your hope
And marrow and bone
[Chorus]
Iron heart
Hollow crown (hollow crown)
Every vow you gave just dragged me down
Kissed by blades and comforted by lies
I raise my shield
To your goodbye
Love is a grave I dig and never fill
[Outro]
So let the legend be written
Not of the battles I won
Tell them the cruelest of curses
Is craving a heart
And finding none

metal, Dual-vocal melodic death metal; male growls trade lines with soaring female hooks. Guitars in tremolo fury over blast beats, then drop into half-time chugs for the chorus. Chorus widens with harmonized leads and stacked female vocals, bridge hits a doomy breakdown with dissonant chords and call‑and‑response screams., death metal