Lightning Never Burns the King (pt. 2)

Verse 1 I scrub these palace floors till dawn Still smell another woman's perfume gone Every feather, every whispered name Leaves another scar I cannot claim They call him thunder, born to reign I call him weather, dressed as pain The sky keeps writing what I can't erase So I strike the echoes in his place Pre-Chorus Don't ask me why the innocent cry Ask why the mountain won't answer the sky Chorus Lightning never burns the king It finds the trees beneath his wings Every broken branch, every shattered stone Pretends to make this palace home If I tear every memory from the vine Maybe I won't taste that bitter wine Maybe silence can unmake the sting Lightning never burns the king Verse 2 A cradle... a river... a wedding veil... Different faces, the selfsame tale Every story wears another dress Every ending leaves a greater mess I curse the footprints, not the road Break the mirror, spare the throne Tell myself the wound is gone If nothing's left to carry on Bridge No... don't tell me who he touched... Don't speak their names... If the branches all are broken Maybe no one sees the tree If every witness disappears Maybe it was never me... [music falls to almost nothing] Who am I fooling? [band crashes back in] The storm remembers everything. Final Chorus Lightning never burns the king Only hearts too close to him Every prayer becomes smoke and dust Every vow corrodes to rust One day I'll stop chasing shadows One day I'll name the guilty thing Till then the heavens wear his crown... And lightning... Never... Burns... The king.