Crown of Steel (Version 2)

Verse 1

Steel crown pressed against the jawline cold

Pillar of smoke where the old gods fold

Blood runs silver down the temple stone

Chasing shadows that I call my own

Ribs lock to the heavy kick drum

Bones remember every war drum

Fire breathes tall on the steel rafters above

I am made of what the darkness gave

Pre-Chorus

Let it rise before you see it climb

Feel the crown ignite along the spine

Chorus

Steel is burning on my skin tonight

Crown of steel, I stand under firelight

Cold is rising to a holy height

I am made of every dark that's mine

Verse 2

The old temple shook before the storm came in

Walls were rent wide by a king who'd win

Ash falls soft where the pyre has burned

Every fallen crown gets buried and learned

I stand where the throne once stood in smoke

Ribs still ringing from the war drum's choke

Something ancient moves beneath my skin

This is how the iron starts to begin

Pre-Chorus

Let it rise before you see it climb

Feel the crown ignite along the spine

Chorus

Steel is burning on my skin tonight

Crown of steel, I stand under firelight

Cold is rising to a holy height

I am made of every dark that's mine

Bridge

The stone beneath me holds a thousand names

Every king who fell beneath the flames

I am carrying everything they tried

This is how the iron learns to fly

Chorus

Steel is burning on my skin tonight

Crown of steel, I stand under firelight

Cold is rising to a holy height

I am made of every dark that's mine