[Verse 1]
Boot prints in the ash
Iron on my tongue
Banner torn and blackened
Every victory stung
Crowns melt in the furnace
Swords sleep in the rain
Hear the quiet chorus
Calling out my name (calling out my name)
[Chorus]
I wear the blood of kings
Like rust on my skin
Every glory
Every grave
Still burning within
I feel the bones of the damned
Rattle under my feet
Shadows of war on my hands
And they won't wash clean
[Verse 2]
Blindfold on the statue
Cold eyes overthrown
Statues fall like secrets
Cracking into stone
Armor on the altar
Helmets filled with sand
Prayers taste like metal
Stuck to my hands
[Chorus]
I wear the blood of kings
Like rust on my skin
Every glory
Every grave
Still burning within
I feel the bones of the damned
Rattle under my feet
Shadows of war on my hands
And they won't wash clean
[Bridge]
Was I the blade
Or just the wound
A dying star
Or the empty moon
Every name I took
Echoes back my own
Every throne I claimed
Feels like a stone
[Chorus]
I wear the blood of kings
Like rust on my skin
Every glory
Every grave
Still burning within
I feel the bones of the damned
Rattle under my feet
Shadows of war on my hands
And they won't wash clean (won't wash clean)
Shadows of war on my hands
And they own my sleep