Rust on the Crown

Teeth on the curb

Blood in my grin

You wanna see rage?

Let it begin

I was the kid in the back row

Chewed up

Spit out

Blackout halo

Hands up

Face down on the desk

Every bruise on my skin spelled "less"

I learned to laugh with a locked jaw

Turned every scar to a buzzsaw

You fed the fire in my chest

Now you get to feel the rest

You wrote my name

In your hate like scripture

Now watch me carve

Through your pretty little picture (hey!)

Bow to the rust on the crown

I’m the stain you can’t scrub out

You built me up just to burn me down

Now choke on the smoke from my mouth

You wanted a monster?

Look at me now

Bow to the rust on the crown

You liked me weak

Liked me hollow

Told me "stay small

Stay shallow"

I bit my tongue till it split

Tasted iron

Learned to live with it

Now every word is a warhead

Drop one line

Watch your throne shed

Flakes of gold on a cracked floor

Tell me

Who’s begging who now for more?

You drew the line

Thought I’d break

Thought I’d flinch

I turned that line

To a chain that I unhinged (yeah!)

Bow to the rust on the crown

I’m the stain you can’t scrub out

You built me up just to burn me down

Now choke on the smoke from my mouth

You wanted a monster?

Look at me now

Bow to the rust on the crown

I won’t forgive

I won’t forget

Every lie’s another step

Up your neck

My boot pressed

Say my name with your last breath (say my name)

Bow to the rust on the crown

I’m the stain you can’t scrub out

You built me up just to burn me down

Now choke on the smoke from my mouth

You wanted a monster?

Look at me now

On your throne made of doubt

Bow to the rust on the crown

(yeah, bow down)