Lamp of Ash

[Intro] [Verse 1] He kept me in a brass-mouth cage Under seal and lamp and chain Counted nights by the poison well Counted bones by name He fed me smoke and bitten dates Spoke his law like stone “Serve my throne and sleep in shade” So I learned the dark alone [Pre-Chorus] But fire does not kneel Sand remembers feet I heard my true name Cutting through the sleep [Chorus] I broke out I broke out Through the iron, through the dust, through the shout I broke out I broke out Now I’m coming for the calif’s house [Verse 2] First came the guards with polished spears White robes, wolf-eyed, steel I turned their courage into thirst Made their ranks unseal One by one they hit the ground Like rain on a dry stone wall I walked straight through their shattered pride And never slowed at all [Pre-Chorus] But fire does not kneel Sand remembers feet I heard my true name Cutting through the sleep [Chorus] I broke out I broke out Through the iron, through the dust, through the shout I broke out I broke out Now I’m coming for the calif’s house [Bridge] He built his peace on my locked breath On bones he called his law Now every step in his marble hall Sounds like the end I saw I know his fear I know his sleep I know the room where crowns are weak [Guitar solo] [Final Chorus] I broke out I broke out Through the iron, through the dust, through the shout I broke out I broke out Now I’m coming for the calif’s house I broke out I broke out Hear my vow in the ash and the drought I broke out I broke out I am the vengeance he let out [Instrumental interlude] [Outro]