[Intro] He sets the crown down Like it burns to belong No king in this graveyard Just a man stayin’ long [Verse 1] She’s asleep in the stitches And the sleep ain’t kind The normals come back Behind her button eyes She kicks at the headstones Whispers “don’t let ’em tear” He holds the new seams And he stays right there No court No creatures No night to command Just nightmares of a scarecrow In a king’s tired hands [Pre-Chorus] He could call the monsters He could wake the trees He don’t He just watches While she fights in her sleep Crown in the grass Glory on the shelf He’s goin’ through the dark Hopin’ she gets well [Chorus] Take the crown off Let the title rest Love her through the nightmares That’s the only test Every time she twitches Every time she yells He’s there in the graveyard Hopin’ she gets well Hopin’ she gets well Hopin’ she gets well [Verse 2] She dreams the parking lot She dreams the fists She dreams comin’ apart In the livin’ men’s grip She dreams he chose the town She dreams he chose the throne He keeps sayin’ softly “I chose you. I chose home.” The grin she used to wear Don’t visit much This new life he gave her Still hurts to the touch [Pre-Chorus] He counts her buttons He counts her breath Not breath like the living Just the rise in the chest If a scarecrow can suffer Then a scarecrow can mend That’s the gospel he’s keepin’ Till the nightmares end [Chorus] Take the crown off Let the title rest Love her through the nightmares That’s the only test Every time she twitches Every time she yells He’s there in the graveyard Hopin’ she gets well Hopin’ she gets well Hopin’ she gets well [Bridge] He used to think power Was a moon and a crowd Now power is sittin’ When she cries out loud No magic in the needle No speech from the king Just a man with no kingdom And a girl he keeps stitching “Get well” ain’t a spell It’s a day and a day It’s stayin’ unarmed While the dark has its say [Verse 3] Morning don’t come pretty In a place like this Fog on the markers Dew on her wrists She wakes like a question Looks at his face “Did you wear it last night?” He says “not in this place” Crown still in the grass Where he left the reign He’ll pick it up later If she needs a name Tonight he’s just with her In the long unwell Two nightmares waitin’ On a maybe of health [Chorus] Take the crown off Let the title rest Love her through the nightmares That’s the only test Every time she twitches Every time she yells He’s there in the graveyard Hopin’ she gets well Hopin’ she gets well Hopin’ she gets well [Outro] Buttons half-open Wheat on his sleeve The king without a kingdom Learnin’ how to grieve Not for the dead For the girl he rebuilt Walkin’ her nightmares Till the hurt goes still One day If the night gets gentle One day If the seams stop yellin’ He’ll leave the crown down And he’ll mean it as well Scarecrow in the graveyard Gettin’ well Gettin’ well
