Crown of Iron Gods

Verse

Smoke rising off the frozen ground

Torches lean where the drums pound

You crossed the circle, eyes like coal

Something ancient took its hold

Iron bells ring through the pines

Runes are drawn along your spine

I felt the weight before you spoke

Heavy silence, then it broke

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the ground begin to shake

Every step feels like there's no way back

Something old is waking up in me

Chorus

You put the crown of iron gods on me

Heavy gold I never asked to wear

Falling like the frost falls silently

Crown of iron gods, and I don't care

Every vow gets forged in fire and frost

Every doubt I had, I let it fall

You put the crown of iron gods on me

And I would wear it through it all

Verse

Torchlight catching on your jaw

Standing like a wolf, like a law

The crowd goes quiet, one by one

Your shadow's twice as tall as the sun

I traced the scars along your hand

Read them like a promised land

Frost is climbing up my sleeve

But I'm not asking you to leave

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the ground begin to shake

Every step feels like there's no way back

Something old is waking up in me

Chorus

You put the crown of iron gods on me

Heavy gold I never asked to wear

Falling like the frost falls silently

Crown of iron gods, and I don't care

Every vow gets forged in fire and frost

Every doubt I had, I let it fall

You put the crown of iron gods on me

And I would wear it through it all

Bridge

Maybe I was never free at all

Gods don't ask, they just enthrall

I built a wall, you built a throne

Now your name's the only prayer I've known

Chorus

You put the crown of iron gods on me

Heavy gold I never asked to wear

Falling like the frost falls silently

Crown of iron gods, and I don't care

Every vow gets forged in fire and frost

Every doubt I had, I let it fall

You put the crown of iron gods on me

And I would wear it through it all