[Verse 1] Ash on the altar Blood on the stone Silence like thunder In a shattered throne Candles burn backwards Wax climbing high Every old promise Cracking in the sky [Chorus] Wear my crown of cinders Let it burn into my skin If this is how the night remembers I choose the fire again Tear my name from all your scriptures Feed the dark where I have been I rise from every fallen whisper In a crown of cinders I ascend [Verse 2] Choirs of traitors Praying my fall Shadows embroider My face on the wall I am the echo You tried to drown Still in the ruin I will not bow down (no) [Chorus] Wear my crown of cinders Let it burn into my skin If this is how the night remembers I choose the fire again Tear my name from all your scriptures Feed the dark where I have been I rise from every fallen whisper In a crown of cinders I ascend [Bridge] Kneel to the broken Kneel to the scarred Kneel to the heart you tried to carve apart Kneel to the fallen Kneel to the feared Your heaven was empty Till I brought you here (hey!) [Chorus] Wear my crown of cinders Let it burn into my skin If this is how the night remembers I choose the fire again Tear my name from all your scriptures Feed the dark where I have been I rise from every fallen whisper In a crown of cinders I ascend [instrumental choir on “ah” swelling into silence]
