The clock strikes twelve in a city of stone, The streets hold their breath, and the dead walk alone. If heaven has turned its face from the night, Then I'll be the last one to carry the light. Silver on the trigger, moonlight on my skin, Every locked door hides the world I might have been. Marble angels watch me with their hollow eyes, While the cathedral bells mourn beneath the skies. There's a photograph inside my coat I never let them see, A little piece of yesterday that still belongs to me. I was never born for legends, never chosen by the stars, Just a woman with a promise and a city full of scars. If every prayer becomes a scream, If morning never finds this place, I'll meet the night and hold my ground. Let every shadow know my name. I wear a crown of ashes, I walk through halls of flame. The world may fall to pieces, But I will not surrender my name. Let the heavens break above me, Let the blackened roses die. I was never promised saving, So I'll be the reason we survive. There are secrets in the laboratories, And names the world has buried deep. The men who built this nightmare hide While innocents lie where they bleed. I don't believe in glory, I don't believe in fate. I believe one more heartbeat Can turn the hands of hate. Let the iron gates collapse, I've escaped the jaws of midnight. There's a fire beneath the silence, There's a storm behind my eyes. I wear a crown of ashes, I walk through halls of flame. The world may fall to pieces, But I will not surrender my name. Let the heavens break above me, Let the blackened roses die. I was never promised saving, So I'll be the reason we survive. Sometimes I hear the life I might have lived, A little house, a world without the pain. A hand to hold through winter, A chance to see the dawn again. But somewhere past the wreckage, A thousand lives are waiting to go home. So let me grieve tomorrow. Tonight, I face the dark alone. No more running. No more hiding. No more kneeling to the night. If the end is standing at my door, Then let the end come here. I wear a crown of ashes, Let the earth give way beneath me. I will never lose my name. Let the heavens break above me, Let the blackened roses die. I was never promised saving, But I'll be the reason we survive. When the last stars leave the sky, I'll stand among the ruins, With a crown of ashes held high. The clock strikes one. The streets are still. The rain falls soft upon the hill. No crown of gold. No throne of stone. Just one more soul who made it home.
