[Intro – pick scrape + drum count-in]
“ONE—TWO—BURN IT!”
[Verse 1]
Crown was rust on a broken head,
Throne built high on the quiet dead,
They fed me laws like they were bread—
I bit the hand and drew blood instead
[Pre-Chorus – rapid-fire shouts]
No more prayers to a hollow crown,
No more kneeling to a rotting town,
If you want a queen, bow down—
I take the crown, then tear it down
[Chorus – gang vocals]
CROWN MADE OF NOISE, SHATTER THE THRONE,
RISE FROM THE RIOT—RULE ON YOUR OWN,
STEEL IN MY VOICE, BONE TO THE BONE—
I DON’T WEAR CHAINS, I WEAR THE STORM!
CROWN MADE OF NOISE, HEAR IT COLLIDE,
DRUMS OF THE PEOPLE IN MY BATTLE CRY,
KNEEL TO NO KING, STAND BY MY SIDE—
I DON’T WEAR CHAINS, I WEAR THE STORM!
[Verse 2]
Banners burn in the acid rain,
Every oath is a pretty chain,
They want my head on a silver frame—
I want their lies in a shallow grave
[Pre-Chorus 2]
No divine right in blood and bone,
I carve my law in the overthrow,
If I bleed, it’s for what I own—
Not for crowns that I never chose
[Chorus – faster, meaner]
CROWN MADE OF NOISE, SHATTER THE THRONE,
RISE FROM THE RIOT—RULE ON YOUR OWN,
STEEL IN MY VOICE, BONE TO THE BONE—
I DON’T WEAR CHAINS, I WEAR THE STORM!
CROWN MADE OF NOISE, HEAR IT COLLIDE,
DRUMS OF THE PEOPLE IN MY BATTLE CRY,
KNEEL TO NO KING, STAND BY MY SIDE—
I DON’T WEAR CHAINS, I WEAR THE STORM!
[Bridge – breakdown, half-time stomp]
No crown fits a head that won’t bow,
No throne holds the fire I house,
If you want a ruler—look now:
I rise when I burn it down
[Breakdown]
TAKE—
THE—
THRONE!
[Final Chorus – full band + crowd chants]
CROWN MADE OF NOISE, SHATTER THE THRONE,
WRITE YOUR OWN LAW IN SHATTERED STONE,
STEEL IN MY VOICE, BONE TO THE BONE—
I DON’T WEAR CHAINS, I WEAR THE STORM!
CROWN MADE OF NOISE, FEEL IT COLLIDE,
CROWNS ARE JUST CAGES WITH GOLD ON THE SIDE,
KNEEL TO NO KING, STAND BY MY SIDE—
I DON’T WEAR CHAINS, I WEAR THE STORM!
[Outro – feedback dive + stomp-out]
“No kings. No cages.”