[Intro] Ah— Oh— [M] Under the iron moon [F] Beneath the blackened rose [M] The gates are waking [F] And nobody knows [Verse 1] [M] I walked through the ash in a silver disguise [F] I saw your name burning behind your eyes [M] Your hands like a prayer on a blade in the dark [F] My heart was a casket, you struck the first spark [M] The hall was a graveyard of velvet and gold [F] Every dead little secret was hungry and old [M] I carried your shadow in red on my chest [F] You kissed like a verdict, then cursed me to rest [Pre-Chorus] [M] Now the bells start shaking [F] Hear the stone come alive [M] One breath, then breaking [F] We rise, we rise [Chorus] [M & F] Kiss the crown Kiss the crown We burn the night down Hear the roar Hear the roar We were born for more Kiss the crown Kiss the crown Take the whole sky now Sing it loud Sing it loud We will not bow [Verse 2] [F] My veil was a storm and your stare was a knife [M] We danced on the ruin and called it our life [F] The candles all leaned like they knew what we’d done [M] You and I, darling, we outlived the sun [F] I tasted the thunder you kept in your lungs [M] You spoke in a chamber of knives and of drums [F] Now the floor is a battlefield, glass in the rain [M] If heaven is waiting, then heaven feels pain [Pre-Chorus] [M] Now the bells start shaking [F] Hear the stone come alive [M] One breath, then breaking [F] We rise, we rise [Chorus] [M & F] Kiss the crown Kiss the crown We burn the night down Hear the roar Hear the roar We were born for more Kiss the crown Kiss the crown Take the whole sky now Sing it loud Sing it loud We will not bow [Bridge] [M & F] Hold me like prophecy Call me your final sin If the world ends now Let the dark let us in I will be your thunder I will be your flame Say my name, say my name And tear open the chains [Final Chorus] [M & F] Kiss the crown Kiss the crown We burn the night down Hear the roar Hear the roar We were born for more Kiss the crown Kiss the crown Take the whole sky now Sing it loud Sing it loud We will not bow [Outro] Kiss the crown Kiss the crown We will not bow
