[Verse 1]
You knelt with your head bowed low
Ash on your hands from the temple glow
You gave them your blood
Your breath
Your name
They smiled as they fed you to the flame
You loved like a vow carved deep
Burned every doubt you tried to keep
But the wine was poison
The dagger planned
Their mercy was a circle in the sand
[Chorus]
Betrayed by the faithful
Cast from the light
You raised your hand against the one you’d die for
They tore you away
Drowned out your fight
Locked you in a realm where I can’t reach you anymore
Exiled for loving me
I hear you screaming through eternity
And I cry
I cry
Metal heart
Breaking sky
[Verse 2]
You came for my silver throne
Eyes like a storm I had never known
You roared
“You ruined me
Made me weak”
Every word a wound you couldn’t speak
Then their voices rose in spell
Old friends drawing runes like a living hell
Chains of light around your rage
As I clawed at the bars of my own cage
[Chorus]
Betrayed by the faithful
Cast from the light
You raised your hand against the one you’d die for
They tore you away
Drowned out your fight
Locked you in a realm where I can’t reach you anymore
Exiled for loving me
I hear you screaming through eternity
And I cry
I cry
Metal heart
Breaking sky
[Bridge]
[Drop to sparse piano and distant choir]
If I had bled like you
Would you still curse my name?
If I had fallen too
Would they have burned your shame?
I taste iron on my tongue (oh)
Tears turn to rust as they run
I hold the throne they chose for me
But the goddess you loved
Dies with your memory
[Chorus]
Betrayed by the faithful
Cast from the light
You raised your hand against the one you’d die for
They tore you away
Torn from my sight
Locked you in a realm where I can’t break open the door
Exiled for loving me
Your shadow is the only crown I see
And I cry
I cry
Metal heart
Breaking sky
Metal heart
Breaking sky