The Crawling One Wears a Crown (Remastered)

[Intro – horn call + throat chant] HEY— HO— HA— HEY— (low choir) Name with a thousand masks… --- [Verse 1 – swaggering] I walked in dressed like thunder Borrowed teeth from kings Stole fire from the altar Taught the bell how to ring Carved lies into the shoreline Let prophets bleed in rhyme Every door you ever locked Was only killing time --- [Pre-Chorus – rising drums] Bone drums talk when I pass by Storms lean in to hear me lie Pull the moon out of its place Watch you cheer me while I smile --- [CHORUS – huge 90s hook] HEY—HEY—HEY— I’m the god in your hallway light HEY—HEY—HEY— I’m the joke in your end-of-night HEY—HEY—HEY— Wear a thousand skins just fine HEY—HEY—HEY— Call me truth—I’ll call it mine --- [Verse 2 – folk bounce] Drank with wolves and winter ghosts Flipped the runes and burned the boats Sang your fate in major key While I tuned catastrophe Runestone grin, halo cracked Halo turns into a knife Flip the coin, I run the edge Heads is heaven—tails is life --- [Pre-Chorus 2 – chant] Clap—stomp—spin the lie Let the longship scrape the sky Smoke curls when I speak my name Even Ragnarok plays my game --- [CHORUS – bigger] HEY—HEY—HEY— I’m the god in your hallway light HEY—HEY—HEY— I’m the joke in your end-of-night HEY—HEY—HEY— Truth bends when I cross that line HEY—HEY—HEY— Every crown was always mine --- [Bridge – dark folk chant + guitar solo] Mask on mask on mask on mask Carve my grin in frozen glass Ask me once—ask me twice— I’ll sell you hope and name the price --- [FINAL CHORUS – war-choir + power chords] HEY—HEY—HEY— Storm-born smile in neon light HEY—HEY—HEY— Sing my sin and call it right HEY—HEY—HEY— World tilts every time I shine HEY—HEY—HEY— Laughing while the gods resign --- [Outro – horn + whisper] Run… or clap along.