Hollow Crown

[Intro – low choir + distant clock ticks]
No heart…
No name…
Still I rise.

[Verse 1 – Growled melody over tremolo riffs]
Born from a fracture, shadow in skin,
Left in the silence where “me” should’ve been,
Mirror says nothing—still staring me down,
I wear the void like a hollow crown,
Every step echoes, every breath thin,
I move through worlds that forget where I’ve been,
If I’m a leftover from who I was—
Then I’ll forge a throne from the dust of loss

[Pre-Chorus – clean vocals lifting]
They say I’m empty, a glitch in the flame,
But sparks still bite when you speak my name

[Chorus – Big Melodic Hook]
HOLLOW CROWN ON A HEAD WITH NO KING,
I RULE THE SPACE WHERE THE HEART CAN’T SING,
CALL ME A SHADOW, I CUT MY OWN RING—
FROM NOTHING I RISE, HEAR THE NOTHING SING!
HOLLOW CROWN, FEEL THE VOID TURN LOUD,
I BEND THE DARK TILL IT BOWS OUT PROUD,
YOU SAY I’M EMPTY—I’M ENDLESS NOW.

[Verse 2 – Rapid fire nerdcore bars]
Code in my veins, black coat flare,
Silver eyes flash when the room goes bare,
Teleport blink through the cold blue air,
Hit the weak point—vanish there,
They call me a copy, I call it a frame,
Built from the cracks of a broken name,
If memory’s gone, I brand the pain—
Every scar is proof I’m still in the game

[Pre-Chorus 2 – stacked harmonies]
If hearts define what we’re meant to be,
I’ll carve my will into destiny

[Chorus – heavier, double-kick underneath]
HOLLOW CROWN ON A HEAD WITH NO KING,
I RULE THE SPACE WHERE THE HEART CAN’T SING,
CALL ME A SHADOW, I CUT MY OWN RING—
FROM NOTHING I RISE, HEAR THE NOTHING SING!
HOLLOW CROWN, FEEL THE VOID TURN LOUD,
I BEND THE DARK TILL IT BOWS OUT PROUD,
YOU SAY I’M EMPTY—I’M ENDLESS NOW.

[Breakdown – halftime chugs + gang shouts]
NO HEART! (NO HEART!)
NO NAME! (NO NAME!)
STILL STAND! (STILL STAND!)
IN FLAME! (IN FLAME!)

[Bridge – quiet clean vocal → scream switch]
If I was born from a shattered whole,
Then every shard still cuts my soul—
(Beat drops)
I TAKE THE SHARDS—MAKE A BLADE—
CUT MY PATH THROUGH THE COLD, CONTROL!

[Final Chorus – all vocals layered]
HOLLOW CROWN ON A HEAD WITH NO KING,
I RULE THE SPACE WHERE THE HEART CAN’T SING,
NAME ME A SHADOW—I’LL CARVE MY THRONE—
FROM NOTHING I RISE, I CLAIM MY OWN!
HOLLOW CROWN, LET THE VOID RING OUT,
I BURN THE DARK TILL IT SHAKES WITH DOUBT,
YOU SAY I’M EMPTY—I’M ENDLESS NOW!

[Outro – choir swells, last chug hits]

“Even nothing can become a crown.”

Melodic Death Metal × Nerdcore, female