[Intro] I woke in the ash with a mouth full of sin Crowns in the dirt, and I still want more You prayed to a face I already sold Now I spit on the altar, and I lock the door [Verse 1] I died on the nail and still missed my name I watched you all bleed and I fed on the flame Your hunger was holy, mine wanted the throne I split my own blood just to sharpen my bones I wore your tears like a coat of silk Then drank from the cup till it curdled to milk I said, "Be healed," with a knife in my grin Now I count my returns and I cash them in [Pre-Chorus] Hear that string, like a wound in the dark My old songs crawl back with a bite and a spark You called me the light I called it a spark [Chorus] I am my own god I am my own god You are on your own I am my own god (my own god) I took the last breath I kept the first crown Kneel if you want I am my own god [Verse 2] Your mothers still whisper my name in the dust Your sons learn my face, then they turn it to rust I left you a heaven of splinters and wire And fed the back row to the edge of the fire I sing like an angel, then bark like a beast Then laugh in the key of a funeral feast I bless with a blade and I preach with a scar I live in the wound where the faithful still are [Bridge] [Cursed folk picking] I was the lamp and the lock and the lie I was the hand that let all of you die Now I am only a mouth full of steam A hollowed-out king in a borrowed dream [Breakdown] Break! Break! Let the dirt sing back Let the dead stay dead I keep what I grab I keep what I get [Chorus] I am my own god I am my own god You are on your own I am my own god (my own god) I took the last breath I kept the first crown Kneel if you want I am my own god [Outro] So bury the banners I won't come again The world eats itself And I am its end
