The Heart They Buried

[Intro] Roots beneath me, count the years Sap in my veins, salt in my tears No dawn reaches this buried room I learned to breathe inside a tomb [Verse 1] I raised their gardens with my hands Taught every seed to understand Then black ink crawled through royal halls And turned my name against the walls My oldest friend lay cold and still A poisoned crown, a whispered will I mourned him blind, I missed the thread That tied the knife to words I said [Pre-Chorus] My sister came with iron chains And wore my face through ash and rain She called me traitor, called me curse While hungry roots rehearsed the worse [Chorus] I am the heart they buried low The stolen spring beneath the throne They drink my blood to make her reign And call the harvest by her name If death is mercy, let it start But roots keep beating through my heart I gave them everything I knew They left me where the daylight grew [Verse 2] Countless winters passed unseen Her golden banners crowned the green Each prayer they made fed her disguise Each blessing dimmed behind my eyes I begged the dark to loosen me The roots replied with memory A thousand faces, none would turn A thousand vows I watched them burn [Pre-Chorus] Then something moved beyond the stone A stranger's voice, a borrowed tone He reached into the endless black And pulled my ruined spirit back [Chorus] I am the heart they buried low The stolen spring beneath the throne They drink my blood to make her reign And call the harvest by her name If death is mercy, let it start But roots keep beating through my heart A hand appeared where hope had drowned And dragged me from the choking ground [Bridge] Silas, I don't know your blood Your country, or the god you trust You saw a prisoner, not a queen Not what they made me, not what I've been The world above can keep its light I only want to leave tonight If I must crawl through broken stone Let every borrowed crown be known [Final Chorus] I was the heart they buried low The stolen spring beneath the throne They drank my blood to make her reign Now every root remembers pain No sister's spell, no gilded lie Can keep the buried living dry You found me where the dead trees start And taught the dark to spare my heart [Outro] Roots beneath me, release your hold I leave the chamber, bruised and cold If dawn returns, let it find A goddess with a mortal mind