Burn the Crown

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Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – raw vocals with pain a capella]
I wore your halo like a noose
Smiled while it tightened
Now the rope’s on fire
And I’m the one who lit it
[Distorted explosion – full band hits]
(VERSE 1)
You carved your name into my bones
Told me pain was love in different clothes
I believed every lie you sold
Now I’m tearing down your throne! 
(Get out of my way!)
(PRE-CHORUS)
I feel it rising, red behind my eyes
Every scar you gave me sharper knives
(CHORUS) (screamed/clean trade-off)
BURN THE CROWN! WATCH IT FALL!
I’m the reckoning you built inside these walls
TAKE YOUR KINGDOM, CHOKE ON THE FLAMES
I’m done begging for mercy in your name
I’ll drag your heaven straight to hell
BURN THE CROWN! BURN IT WELL!
I’ve lived long enough to know that 
THIS IS HELL!
(VERSE 2)
You fed me silence like a drug
Watched me drown while you stood above
Every tear I wasted on you
Is gasoline now, baby, we’re through
(PRE-CHORUS 2)
The mirror cracks, I finally see
The monster you made was always me
[CHORUS – bigger, gang vocals on the last line]
BURN THE CROWN! WATCH IT FALL!
I’m the reckoning you built inside these walls
TAKE YOUR KINGDOM, CHOKE ON THE FLAMES
I’m done begging for mercy in your name
I’ll drag your heaven straight to hell
BURN THE CROWN! BURN IT WELL!
I’ve lived long enough to know that 
THIS IS HELL!

BREAKDOWN (half-time, crushing)
I won’t kneel
I won’t break
I’ll smile wide
While your empire shakes
You wanted a victim
You got a war
Now feel the rage
You begged me for!
FINAL CHORUS (all screamed, octave higher)
BURN THE CROWN! LET IT DIE!
Ashes raining from your perfect sky
EVERY CHAIN YOU WRAPPED AROUND MY SOUL
I’m melting down to forge my own gold
Your reign is over, hear the bell
BURN THE CROWN!
I’ve lived long enough to know that 
THIS IS HELL!

[Outro – single clean guitar, whisper into feedback]
I wore your halo like a noose
Now I’m the fire
And now you lose 
(Feedback swells and cuts dead.)