(Ethereal female vocals — distant, echoing)
[Intro]
Ooh-ahh…
Ashes in the cathedral light…
Ooh-ahh…
Nothing sacred survives the night…
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(Male vocals — gritty, restrained)
[Verse 1]
Cold hands gripping the wheel again
Running red lights through the end
Concrete angels lose their wings
Buried under diamond rings
Every sermon tastes like rust
Every empire turns to dust
They built towers over bones
Now the silence overflows
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(Female vocals — haunting, melodic)
[Pre-Chorus]
We were never meant to kneel
Never born to beg or heal
Hear the thunder underneath
Calling through the teeth
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(Both — explosive chorus)
[Chorus]
No kings!
No thorns!
No saints left to mourn!
We rise from the wreckage
The fire still warm
No chains!
No crowns!
Just the weight pulling down
If heaven won’t save us
We’ll burn brighter now
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(Ethereal layered vocals floating behind guitars)
“Higher…”
“Higher…”
“Don’t let the darkness swallow you…”
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(Female vocals)
[Verse 2]
Silver smoke across the lake
Watch the mirror start to break
Every promise left to drown
Every ruler hunted down
Shadow choirs in the rain
Singing through electric pain
If the world wants us erased
We’ll leave scars across its face
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(Male vocals intensify)
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear the engines scream
Nothing’s ever what it seems
Through the static, through the storm
We become reborn
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(Huge chorus)
[Chorus]
No kings!
No thorns!
No saints left to mourn!
We rise from the wreckage
The fire still warm
No chains!
No crowns!
Just the weight pulling down
If heaven won’t save us
We’ll burn brighter now
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(Bridge — stripped back, cinematic)
(Female ethereal vocals)
Ooh-ahh…
Falling stars in open wounds…
Ooh-ahh…
Black roses under ruined moons…
(Male spoken/sung)
You called this salvation
But all I saw were graves
(Both building together)
So let the skyline collapse
Let the heavens detach
We were never made
To bow our heads back
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(Final Chorus — massive, layered harmonies)
No kings!
No thorns!
Hear the battle horns!
We walk through the embers
Weathered and worn
No fate!
No gods!
No fear in our hearts!
The night tried to break us
But here we are
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(Outro — soft ethereal fade)
“No kings…”
“No thorns…”
“Still breathing through the storm…”
Frostfall