[Verse 1 – Male]
Raised in velvet
Caged in gold
Sworn to mercy
Taught to fold
You kicked open
Every gate
Boots on marble
Eyes like fate (yeah)
[Verse 2 – Female]
You in armor
Made of rules
Crown of silver
Ring of fools
I was hired
Blade for hire
You were quiet
I was fire
[Chorus – Both]
Steel for a crown
Heart on the line
I fall and I fall
But you’re never mine
Bleeding alone
On this battlement high
Unrequited
As the arrows fly
[Verse 3 – Male]
Every lesson
Screamed “obey”
Every heartbeat
Spelled your name
Watched you sparring
Torn inside
Kissed my courage
Then I lied
[Verse 4 – Female]
You looked through me
Like a ghost
I was weapon
You were host
Swore I’d never
Beg or bend
Still I waited
As your friend (oh)
[Chorus – Both]
Steel for a crown
Heart on the line
I fall and I fall
But you’re never mine
Bleeding alone
On this battlement high
Unrequited
As the arrows fly
[Bridge – Call & Response]
[Music drops to half-time
Toms thunder under chanted vocals]
[Male]
If I break the chain
Will you draw your blade at me?
[Female]
If I cross this line
Will you burn your destiny?
[Male]
Let them take my throne
Let them carve me from your side
[Female]
I would tear the sky
Just to say I never lied
[Both]
We are more than what they wrote
On their brittle
Dying scrolls
I renounce my flawless mask
You can have my damned soul (hey!)
[Chorus – Both
Bigger]
Steel for a crown
Fire in your eyes
You fall and you fall
Still you rise
You rise
Bleeding together
On this battlement high
Unrequited
Starts to breathe
To die
[Final Chorus – Both
Unison then harmony]
Steel for a crown
Hands interlaced
I choose the outlaw
Over grace
Over grace
Once we were shadows
On opposite sides
Now we’re the story
That survived
Survived (oh)