[Intro]
Moon on marble
Cracks in the crown
Silver in my teeth
Ash on the gown
[Verse 1]
I was sworn to a glass throne
Armor like a cage over cracked bone
Dragged a banner through the black snow
Prayed my blade would never grow a backflow
But it did though
Crimson on my gauntlets, dripping down the engrave
Every knight I buried, I was shoveling a grave
For myself, for my name, for the girl I betrayed
Now the portraits in the hall got their eyes rearranged
They all stare at me
Fang tips shining where the vows should be
Saints on the ceiling start to crawl from the paint
Whisper "every single sinner was a soldier first" (yeah)
[Chorus]
Blood on the white rose
Thorns through the halo
I drink what I swore I’d save
I am the monster I used to slay
Ghosts in my black robe
Crown made of shadow
I bleed for the lives I stole
I am the curse I was meant to break
[Verse 2]
Steel in my veins, but the heart's gone
Hear the chain-songs where the scars are
Every oath I ever carved in stone
Now it’s carved in the cartilage around their throats
(Still choking)
I remember when the chapel bells rang
Now it’s just ribs when the hunger sang
Kneel at the altar of a shattered crest
Chewing on the memory of armor on my chest
In the mirror, see a dead girl breathing
Pale lips laughing, red drip teasing
I kill the light and the face stays lit
From the eyes of the ones I left in the ditch
They march in the dark in a rusted parade
Capes torn open, expose what I made
I was justice, I was judgment, I was righteous rage
Now I’m just another plague in a pretty cage
[Chorus]
Blood on the white rose
Thorns through the halo
I drink what I swore I’d save
I am the monster I used to slay
Ghosts in my black robe
Crown made of shadow
I bleed for the lives I stole
I am the curse I was meant to break
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to halftime, choir swells]
All hail the hollow queen (bow down)
Sitting on a pile of teeth (no sound)
Every pearl in the royal wreath
Is an eye I shut
Is a prayer I cut
Say my name in a locked church
Feel your lungs start to freeze, then burst
I can’t outrun what I became
So I carve each sin in my family name
Whisper it slow
Let the guilt flow
Let the black snow
Fall on the old road home (home)
[Chorus]
Blood on the white rose
Thorns through the halo
I drink what I swore I’d save
I am the monster I used to slay
Ghosts in my black robe
Crown made of shadow
I bleed for the lives I stole
I am the curse I was meant to break
[Outro]
Sword in the stone
Fangs in the vein
Knight in the coffin
Still wearing my name