[Verse 1] You think I bought you just to break your wings To watch you crawl, to name you "mine" and "thing" But five hundred years of war and still You're the only silence that can kill [Pre-chorus] I wear a mask You see right through You say my name Like it could undo [Chorus] I never wanted you to fall I just got tired of the empty hall You call it mercy I call it greed A broken fox still plants his seed [Verse 2] That night in the brothel — whose hands did you fear? Who stood at the door so you wouldn't disappear? You think I feed on souls to stay alive But I fed on shadows until you arrived [Pre-chorus] You fix my collar You pour my tea You hate me still But you stay with me [Chorus] I never wanted you to fall I just got tired of the empty hall You call it chains I call it home A lonely king without his throne [Bridge] I dream of keeping I dream of trust But every oath of mine turned dust Is this obsession Is this care Do I lift you up Or keep you there
