Crown of Thunder

Ash on the altar

Steel in my veins

Shadows are chanting

They’re calling my name

They built me a cage out of scriptures

Gold bars and bright little lies

Told me to kneel in the embers

I learned how to smile while I cried

I wear a crown of thunder

Light in the ruin

Fire in the rain

I was the lamb

Now I’m the hunter

Hear my heart roar

Tearing at the chain

I wear a crown of thunder

Storm in my throat

Fury in my veins

You tried to break me under

Now every crack is singing out your shame

You carved your mark in my armor

Thought every scar meant you won

But I turned each wound into armor

Sharp as a word on my tongue

I wear a crown of thunder

Light in the ruin

Fire in the rain

I was the lamb

Now I’m the hunter

Hear my heart roar

Tearing at the chain

I wear a crown of thunder

Storm in my throat

Fury in my veins

You tried to break me under

Now every crack is singing out your shame

[Choir rising

Drums half-time]

Kneel if you dare

Before what you made

I am the spark

You buried in graves

From ashes to air

From ruin to blade

I am the hymn

Your silence betrayed (oh-oh)

I wear a crown of thunder

Light in the ruin

Fire in the rain

I was the lamb

Now I’m the hunter

Hear my heart roar

Tearing at the chain

I wear a crown of thunder

Storm in my throat

Fury in my veins

You tried to break me under

Now every crack is singing out your shame

[Band drops

Solo vocal over strings]

Ash on the altar

Steel in my veins

Say my name softly

And choke on the flame