Paper Crown - RUSTLUNG - 4/12

They stitched my name into their sleeve Sold my words like currency They build their thrones on borrowed bones Left me scraping at the seams You can shine me up but I won’t glow Tie me down but I won’t fold Keep your chains, I’m already gone Take your paper crown, I don’t want it Burn your gold, I’ll dance in the embers What I need, you can’t put a price on Take your paper crown, I don’t want it Bought my face, sold my name Stamped it on a world that never knew my pain You can buy the frame, but not the light It’s slipping through your hands tonight You can shine me up but I won’t glow Tie me down but I won’t fold Keep your chains, I’m already gone Take your paper crown, I don’t want it Burn your gold, I’ll dance in the embers What I need, you can’t put a price on Take your paper crown, I don’t want it [Solo] Tear the pages, rip the thread What they wrote, I won’t have read If I go, I’ll go unfed Rather starve than eat their bread Burn your gold, I’ll dance in the embers What I need, you can’t put a price on Take your paper crown, I don’t want it All alone like I began Was never theirs to understand [Solo] All alone like I began Was never theirs to understand