[Intro]
[Deep ambient swell, low rumble]
The iron sky pressed down, couldn't breathe
I woke up cold, stone in my veins
This place, it eats whatever’s left of me
Wall torch flickers—fucking darkness again
[Verse 1]
Dungeon hour, torch smokes out the day
Old blood stains the straw where I'm chained
I’ve counted seasons scraping these stones
Every echo is just another name, not mine
Throne room so far above, doesn’t know my pain
[Chorus]
(Delay, vocoder, echo)
Crown of ash, it weighs me down
Every heartbeat just a fading sound
I'm screaming in the black
But nobody comes back
Crown of ash, I’ll wear it now
[Verse 2]
Time’s a slow knife, cuts what’s left
Ghosts of brothers—dead, they whisper hate
I bite the iron, I swear—never forget
I lost my name in the fucking rot
They can’t take the burning rage I’ve kept
[Chorus]
Crown of ash, it weighs me down
Every heartbeat just a fading sound
I'm screaming in the black
But nobody comes back
Crown of ash, I’ll wear it now
[Bridge]
Low winds howl through the cracks in my cell
I dream I’m walking out—burning down the realm
I see their faces twisted, torches in my hands
They’re running for the gates, but I’m already in
[Breakdown]
Fuck these walls, fuck their chains
I am the animal they made
Night’s pouring through my wounds again
But I’m still here, breathing pain
[Chorus]
Crown of ash, it weighs me down
Every heartbeat just a fading sound
I'm screaming in the black
But nobody comes back
Crown of ash, I wear it now
[Outro]
[Haunting synth, deep echo, slow decay]
All that’s left is my hate and these hands
All that’s left is my hate and these hands