[Intro] [Male Lead] Another sword. Another name. Another fool come chasing fame. [Ghost Choir] Come kill the king. [Verse 1] I was crowned beneath a blood-red moon When your oldest gods were young I watched them raise the city walls I watched each stone undone I drank the poison meant for queens I burned beneath the pyre I drowned for seven days and rose Still breathing blackened fire A thousand heroes found my gate A thousand swore I'd fall I remember every one of them You don't remember them at all [Pre-Chorus] They called me tyrant Called me plague Called me devil, beast and blight But no one ever asked the dead man If he wanted one more night [Chorus] Come kill the king Come break the crown Come climb these cursed old stairs And put me in the ground Bring holy fire Bring silver steel Bring anything that finally makes An old dead bastard feel Come storm the gates Come ring the bell Come drag me from this throne And send me screaming into hell I've ruled too long I've seen everything So sharpen up your sword And come kill the king [Ghost Choir] Come kill the king [Verse 2] I watched ten kingdoms take my name And seven more erase it Every empire built a throne And every worm replaced it I loved a woman once, I think Her portrait lost its face I kept her ring three hundred years Then forgot why it had a place My generals turned to dust in armor My priests forgot their prayers Now spiders weave their little kingdoms Through the bones beneath my stairs [Pre-Chorus] Every prophecy promised Someone worthy would arrive Do you know how cruel hope becomes When nothing lets you die? [Chorus] Come kill the king Come break the crown Come climb these cursed old stairs And put me in the ground Bring holy fire Bring silver steel Bring anything that finally makes An old dead bastard feel Come storm the gates Come ring the bell Come drag me from this throne And send me screaming into hell I've ruled too long I've seen everything So sharpen up your sword And come kill the king [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] You made it farther than the others That's not praise That's just a fact Your cleric broke my western seal Your rogue survived the trap Your wizard burned my favorite book That one actually hurt And your fighter spit blood on my floor Then laughed into the dirt [Male Lead] I like you. [Ghost Choir] He likes you. [Male Lead] Don't disappoint me. [Breakdown] I know your names. Mara. Thorn. Elias. Vale. I know the promises you made Before you walked my trail One fights for gold One fights for God One swore revenge on me And one of you just wants to know What's behind the final key [Ghost Choir] Open the door [Male Lead] Open the door [Ghost Choir] Open the door [Male Lead] OPEN THE DAMN DOOR! [Doom Riff] [Bridge] [Male Lead] There you are. No army. No guards. No tricks left. Just you. And me. [Male Lead] Raise your sword. [Ghost Choir] Raise your sword. [Male Lead] Don't hesitate. [Ghost Choir] Don't hesitate. [Male Lead] If I fall— [Ghost Choir] He falls. [Male Lead] If I rise— [Ghost Choir] Strike again. [Male Lead] If I beg— [Ghost Choir] No mercy. [Male Lead] Good. Now you're learning. [Final Chorus] COME KILL THE KING! COME BREAK THE CROWN! COME TEAR THIS ROTTEN KINGDOM STONE BY STONE AND BURN IT DOWN! BRING HOLY FIRE! BRING SILVER STEEL! MAKE ME REMEMBER WHAT IT MEANT TO BLEED AND FEEL! COME STORM THE GATES! COME RING THE BELL! AND IF THERE'S NOTHING WAITING THEN I'LL GLADLY TAKE THE HELL! I'VE RULED TOO LONG! I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING! SO GIVE ME ONE LAST STORY— COME KILL THE KING! [Ghost Choir] Come kill the king! [Male Lead] Come on! [Ghost Choir] Come kill the king! [Male Lead] MAKE IT COUNT! [Ghost Choir] Come kill the king! [Hard Stop] [Outro] [Male Lead] ... That's it. That's the wound. Don't stop now. [Quiet Laugh] Again. [End]
