The Iron Rose

[Verse]
Born to silks and towering halls
Her name was sung in golden drawls
But echoes fade
Oh how they do
When love turns cold
And hearts untrue
[Prechorus]
The doors all shut
The torches dimmed
Her shadow long
Her future grim
[Chorus]
No one saved her
No one stayed
In the dark
Her own light blazed
The Iron Rose
She blooms alone
A blade her heart
Her armor stone
[Verse 2]
A thousand miles
She walked the dust
The banners torn
The vows unjust
Her tears ran dry
Her voice grew steel
Her hands forgot what it meant to kneel
[Prechorus]
They said she'd break
They said she'd fall
But she'd been broken through it all
[Chorus]
No one saved her
No one stayed
In the dark
Her own light blazed
The Iron Rose
She blooms alone
A blade her heart
Her armor stone

folk-pop, folk, pop, emotive, featuring female vocals; layers of fingerpicked guitar and mournful strings build into powerful drum beats for climactic moments, acoustic-driven with dynamic crescendos, emo