[VERSE 1] You crowned yourself in borrowed light And stood where wounded people kneel You learned the language of salvation Without learning how to heal Every blessing had a price tag Every refuge had a lock You called obedience devotion While you watched the exits stop [PRE-CHORUS] The gold is only paint The wings are only smoke I touched the sacred image And the perfect surface broke [CHORUS] Hollow halo Burning over an empty throne You promised me a heaven Just to keep me from my own Hollow halo There is nothing holy in control Your light cannot redeem you When there is darkness in the goal [VERSE 2] You collected every weakness like a scripture to recite Then offered absolution if I never questioned why You made shame into a staircase, placed yourself above the crowd But divinity gets fragile when the faithful speak aloud I do not need your mercy, I do not need your chosen door I found something more eternal in the self I was before Let the congregation scatter, let the false cathedral fall Any love that needs submission was never love at all [BRIDGE - WHISPER TO SCREAM] Take off the crown Step out of the glow Without all the worship There is nowhere left to go FALSE SAINT FALSE FLAME YOU BUILT A HEAVEN TO ERASE MY NAME [FINAL CHORUS] Hollow halo Falling from an empty throne You promised me a heaven But I built one of my own Hollow halo Now your shadow has been shown Your light could never save me I was never yours to own [OUTRO] The halo hits the ground And makes no sound
