[Intro]
Footsteps echo
Down that stone hall
Names carved in the wall
Most of them fall
[Verse 1]
Cold crown, iron on my head
Ink on my hands from the deals I bled
Whispers in the rafters, counting what I spend
Trust got teeth, bite marks on my friends
Frozen in the frame, I ain’t posing for the gram
I’m posing with the wolves, we just studying the lambs
Ghosts in the choir keep humming my sins
Every loss I took got sewn in my skin
Black coat drag when I walk through the gate
Stare through a man, see the cracks in his faith
Clock on my neck, but it bend for the king
Time bow down every time that I think
Back when I starved, I was sharpening the hate
Fork in the road, I just ate off the plate
Throne made of failures, steel in the seat
Sit in my scars, feel fire under feet
[Chorus]
Throne in the dark, I built it alone
Blood in the mortar, ice in the stone
Pray for my heart, it turned into gold
Heavy when I breathe, but I won’t let go
Throne in the dark, they circle and watch
Hands to the sky, but they want my spot
Storm in my chest, it rumble and roll
Throne in the dark, I sit in the cold
[Verse 2]
Eyes like a vault, you ain’t seeing what I hide
Rage in a jar, I uncork it when I slide
Vultures in a suit, tryna feast on the pride
Shake one hand, other hand on the knife
War paint smear when the rain come down
Still I stand still in a land shut down
Maps on the wall, red yarn through the towns
Every line drawn is a name crossed out
I don’t need mercy, I need results
I don’t need friends, I need adults
That can stand in the fire when the plan go wrong
And the choir go quiet and the night too long
[low vocal register] Every king fall if he blink too slow
[whispered vocals] So I cut my sleep, keep both eyes cold
Hunger in my bones, can’t fake that tone
If I lose this place, I’ll carve my own
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] Count my sins by the echo
[normal voice] Count my wins by who ate
If my name fade off that stone wall
I’ll still haunt this place
[crescendo] Let the brass talk for the anger
Let the choir sing for the pain
I don’t beg light for an answer
I make empire out of rain
[Chorus]