[Verse 1]
You laid your faith
Like knives on my tongue
Said
“Bleed me whole
Or leave me undone”
I carved your name
In the back of my mind
Every scar a vow
Every vow a lie
[Chorus]
The price of death is the life of many
I gave you all until there’s nothing of me
I’m just a shadow where your heartbeat fed
What does it mean
To die for you and still not rest
[Verse 2]
You drank my days
Till the calendar burned
Turned my trust to salt
Every bridge to dirt
My veins ran dry
On your holy need
You called it love
I called it a siege
[Chorus]
The price of death is the life of many
I gave you all until there’s nothing of me
I’m just a shadow where your heartbeat fed
What does it mean
To die for you and still not rest
[Bridge]
[Drums drag slower
Guitars ring out]
I buried my breath
In your empty hands
You never looked down
You called it a plan
If sacrifice
Is the crown you crave
Then wear my bones
Like a wedding veil
[Chorus]
The price of death is the life of many
I burned away so you could finally see
I was the altar that you left unfed
What does it mean
To die for you and kill myself instead
[Outro]
(yeah)
I gave you everything
You gave me this grave
One name on the stone
But a thousand you saved