[Intro] Three o’clock splits The polite little town Blush wipes off The borrowed crown [Verse 1] They tried it in peace Coffee and rain Scarecrow on his arm Pumpkin King playin’ tame No haunting No show Just a night on loan Then a woman pointed “That girl ain’t sewn like home” A man saw the grin Get too long in the light Peace went to pieces In the grocery night [Pre-Chorus] They didn’t steal nothin’ They didn’t raise Cain They just didn’t fit When the charm wore thin Now the warm blood’s shoutin’ Like they own the street “Get out of our normal Get back to the trees” [Chorus] Nights end The normals chase Pitchforks and headlights On a king’s borrowed face They wanted one quiet They wanted one free Now the town’s a hunting party In its own spare peace Run, straw Run, king The peace is done It’s time for the king [Verse 2] She pulls him by the sleeve Through a parking-lot flood Buttons knockin’ In her chest of wood He still wants to bow Still wants to explain “We only came walkin’ We don’t want your names” They don’t want a speech They want him gone A saint in a ball cap Swingin’ like a song She laughs once bitter “See, love? That’s warm They smile till you’re different Then they call it a storm” [Pre-Chorus] Crows peel off the rooftops Back to her hair His skeleton posture Comes back for air The woods start callin’ Like a drum in the ground Normal was a costume And it just came down [Chorus] Nights end The normals chase Pitchforks and headlights On a king’s borrowed face They wanted one quiet They wanted one free Now the town’s a hunting party In its own spare peace Run, straw Run, king The peace is done It’s time for the king [Bridge] They hit the treeline Almost home Then a hand finds her jacket And the stitches let go Wheat in the headlights Rags on the fence The living take souvenirs And call it defense She don’t scream pretty She don’t beg the mob She looks at her king Like “don’t you dare stop” [Verse 3] She’s comin’ apart In a black dress storm Armful of harvest Where a woman was worn He catches what he can Straw through his fists A button, a ribbon The last of her lips “It’s time for the king” That’s all she can send Not save me Not love me Just don’t let it end With you on your knees In their righteous light Be the nightmare, baby Do it right [Chorus] Nights end The normals chase A scarecrow in pieces And a king with no face They wanted one quiet They wanted one free The town took her body And they still want the dream Stand, king Stand, king The peace is done It’s time for the king [Outro] He puts back the crown In the blood-warm dark Gathers her wheat Like a broken heart The living cheer morning Like they won the war They didn’t They just taught him What a king is for Miss Straw in his hands Town lights behind One night free Then they ripped the design It’s time for the king Let the woods reply If they wanted a monster He can wear that tonight
