[Verse 1] Velvet hallways Silk on stone They pinned a crown On a borrowed throne Laughing too loud In a sharpened court Every glance a gamble Every touch a report [Chorus] Katherine Howard Say my name like a prayer gone wrong Katherine Howard Young and bright But the nights were long Katherine Howard I was flesh in a kingdom of masks Katherine Howard Love was the one thing you never should ask [Verse 2] He smelled of iron Ink and rage Old man’s hands On a child’s cage They taught me curtsy They taught me grace Never taught me How to leave this place [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I was laughter in their chapel I was perfume in their war I was dancing at the scaffold Long before I reached the door [whispered vocals] "I die a Queen But I would rather die the wife Of Culpeper" hangs in the air Like frost on a silver knife [Chorus]
