Crimson Crown (Tavia)

[Verse 1] I was raised where the wet stones shine Where the girls learn fast and the boys fall blind Mother wore silk for another man’s sin And I learned young how the night gets in Cold tea, bruised ribs, and a borrowed name Streetlight prayers and a hunger for blame No saint looked down, no hand reached low So I sharpened my smile and I learned to go [Pre-Chorus] I ran with knives, I ran with smoke I made my vows in a gutter oath If love won’t hold, then fear will stay That’s what the dark first taught me to say [Chorus] Is liomsa an oíche, is liomsa an pian (The night is mine, and so is the pain) Tá fuil ar mo bhéal, tá tine i mo chroí (There is blood on my lips, there is fire in my heart) I was never born for mercy, never bred to kneel and pray I wear the crimson crown now — and I take what does not stay [Verse 2] Ash Knives under the gaslight haze Steel in my hand, smoke in my veins Crow’s Foot whispers knew my tread I took coin from the living and names from the dead Then you came like a match to oil Silk in your laugh, trouble in your smile Nessa, your mouth was a dangerous hymn And every night with you was a beautiful sin [Pre-Chorus] Your shadow touched me, I let it in You kissed my throat like a promised thing But you were smoke, you were never mine A midnight fever, a fault line spine [Chorus] Is liomsa an oíche, is liomsa an pian (The night is mine, and so is the pain) Ní bheidh mé lag arís, ní bheidh mé faoi smacht (I will not be weak again, I will not be under anyone’s rule) You left me bleeding in the ruins, left me staring at the flame So I crowned myself with hunger — and I made fear learn my name [Verse 3] Grey Bell shattered, the old house screamed Your precious family stood between The Ash Knives broke, and the walls came down And I tasted ruin like a wedding crown I crawled through velvet, rot, and wine To a hidden throat and a sharper shrine They fed me death by the drop, by the chain Till I rose up colder than my own pain [Pre-Chorus] Starved me hollow, broke my skin Taught me how monsters truly begin But I bit back hard, I learned my part Now I keep their ghost in my blackened heart [Chorus] Tá fuil ar mo bhéal, is liomsa an oíche (There is blood on my lips, the night is mine) Mo chroí dubh, mo choróin rua (My black heart, my crimson crown) I took the scraps, the strays, the damned And built a kingdom with my hands If blood is bond, then blood is chain No one leaves me whole again [Verse 4] Now they kneel in the bathhouse red Half from worship, half from dread Blood Blades breathing through broken teeth Ghosts in the mirrors and wolves beneath I stole their fear, I drank their ache I made a throne from what men break And still your name comes sharp and sweet Like a wound that walks on silver feet [Bridge] Nessa, a stór, did you think I’d fade? Did you think I’d die in the mess we made? You found your thorns and your holy lie I found a darker way not to die Rose on the altar, knife in the hand Family made from ash and command But I know what blood remembers best: The kiss, the wound, the unpaid debt [Final Chorus] Is liomsa an oíche, is liomsa an bás (The night is mine, and so is death) Tá fuil ar mo bhéal go deireadh an lae (There is blood on my lips until the end of day) I am the girl from the gutter flame I am the fang behind your name I am the hunger dressed as grace The queen who wears her scars like lace Ní bheidh mé lag arís (I will not be weak again) Ní bheidh mé tréigthe choíche (I will never be abandoned again) So let the whole damned city hear: Crimson Pike is still here [Outro] Blood on my lips Gold in my eyes You called me ruin I learned to rise