[Intro]<br />Cold hall<br />Candles coughing smoke<br />Portraits watch<br />Cracked in gilded oak<br /><br />[Verse 1]<br />I walk where the mirrors lean<br />Each frame a failed prophecy<br />Dust on abandoned thrones<br />Dead roses sewn into the seams<br />Shadows wear my silhouette<br />Mouthing words I won’t forget<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />I built a throne of ashen glass<br />Sat like a king in the breaking past<br />Every vow cut deep like shattered sun<br />Bleeding light from a kingdom undone<br />If this crown must carve my skin<br />Let the ruin finally begin<br /><br />[Verse 2]<br />Your voice in the chapel vaults<br />Rings out in a minor curse<br />Stained glass bleeding rust<br />Saints looking down in reverse<br />You said my name like a funeral hymn<br />Turned every mercy paper-thin<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />I built a throne of ashen glass<br />Sat like a king in the breaking past<br />Every vow cut deep like shattered sun<br />Bleeding light from a kingdom undone<br />If this crown must carve my skin<br />Let the ruin finally begin<br /><br />[Bridge]<br />[Choir swells<br />Tempo slows]<br />Kneel in the choir of the faithless<br />Hands raised to a hollow sky<br />All of the angels are faceless<br />Wings made of torn reply<br />(so hear me)<br />I trade my heart for a heartbeat<br />My guilt for a single spark<br />Set fire to the velvet curtains<br />Let daylight dissect the dark<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />I built a throne of ashen glass<br />Watched every lie in the mirror collapse<br />From the wound comes a sudden dawn<br />Through the fracture a world moves on<br />If this crown must carve my skin<br />Let the breaking be where I begin
