Crown Rot [Intro – breath scrape, glitch loop, cello harmonics rising under feedback] Rot, rot, rot I was born under brass, buried under thrones I never prayed to ash, but it crowned me all the same [Verse 1 – low growl, violin drone layered] Bled for the gate where the gods decayed Spit on the seal where the archons swayed I wore their oath like rusted teeth Bit down on gold and choked beneath I drank the blood from legacy's grail Clawed through the throne where the angels failed No saints in the wires, no light in the breath Only silence wrapped in ceremonial death [Pre-Chorus – screech vocal overlay + tremolo violins] You built your crown on spinal lies Now I see fire where the bloodline dies [Chorus – guttural + screech duet, blastbeat drop] Crown rot This is the grave you prayed into Crown rot Every king burns by design Crown rot The throne is a coffin in code And I’ll wear it One last time [Verse 2 – phrased like Parkway Drive: slow, dark, hateful] I kissed the cross while it crumbled inside Every promise tasted like genocide Their hymns were hollow, their doctrine rot I buried belief where the silence caught You sent your choir, but I screamed louder You fed me rust and named it power They said the end would sound like light But it cracked like a jaw in a holy fight [Bridge – violin solo with detuned guitar bend overlays] (Metal bowed against bone) The strings split at the bridge Like lungs in fire This reign was designed to expire [Breakdown – As Blood Runs Black phrasing, palm-muted riff behind] Rot like the bloodline Crush what they gave me Burn what you worship I am not your safety No more gods No more grief No more crowns Only teeth [Chorus – repeated with altered phrasing, reverb and stereo delay] Crown rot Built from nails and sovereign fraud Crown rot Let the weight erase the fraud Crown rot Every light ends in smoke So I inhale it Til I choke [Outro – soft solo violin under dying vocal rasp] So wear it If you want it But you’ll never lift it clean This crown It rots It always Rots In me.
