Ashes Of Rome

[Verse 1] Rome wore a crown of stone Built high on bruised-up bones A thousand hands in chains Still clapped for holy names Ink on the page ran red Truth bent its sacred head They fed the fear like bread And called the devourer blessed [Pre-Chorus] But I can hear the cracks Under marble and gold I can hear the voices They buried in the cold [Chorus] Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome You built your throne on flesh and bone Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome No chain of words can hold the soul (Ashes of Rome) (Ashes of Rome) [Verse 2] They changed the prayer to law Turned mercy into awe Made every wound a door To kneel a little more They stitched the sky with fear So only power appears And sold the wound as light To keep us blind at night [Pre-Chorus] But I can hear the cracks Under marble and gold I can hear the voices They buried in the cold [Chorus] Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome You built your throne on flesh and bone Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome No chain of words can hold the soul (Ashes of Rome) (Ashes of Rome) [Bridge] [Half-time drop] Strip the crown away Let the blood-dust fade What was stolen once Can be named and raised One breath, one spark One human heart No empire owns What burns in the dark [Final Chorus] Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome You built your throne on flesh and bone Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome No chain of words can hold the soul Ashes of Rome, ashes of Rome We rise where your old towers fall (Ashes of Rome) (Ashes of Rome)