Ashes of Your Kingdom

[Intro]

I kept your crown

In a cracked glass box

Dust on the gold

Blood on the locks

[Verse 1]

You drew your lines

With a silver smile

Daggers hidden

In your gentle style

Every promise

Was a poisoned wine

I drank it down

Said I was fine

[Pre-Chorus]

But every scar you carved

Became a map out of your war

I thought you were divine

Now I see the god you were was mine

[Chorus]

From the ashes of your kingdom

I rise

You can watch your paper throne catch fire

You built your heaven out of pretty white lies

Now I’m the one walking through the pyre

You broke me just to see if I’d divide

But I burn your banners

Take back my sky

From the ashes of your kingdom

I rise

I rise

(I rise)

[Verse 2]

You called it love

When you sealed the door

Locked my voice

To your marble floor

But in the silence

Something learned to roar

Your quiet cage

Became my war

[Pre-Chorus]

You taught me how to kneel

So I could learn to stand alone

You tried to cut my wings

So I could crash right through your throne

[Chorus]

From the ashes of your kingdom

I rise

You can watch your paper throne catch fire

You built your heaven out of pretty white lies

Now I’m the one walking through the pyre

You broke me just to see if I’d divide

But I burn your banners

Take back my sky

From the ashes of your kingdom

I rise

I rise

(oh, I rise)

[Bridge]

[Strings swell

Choir in the distance]

Your name on my tongue

Turns colder than stone

I’m done singing crowns

For a heart made of thorns

If I have to fall

To tear down your walls

Then let me fall screaming

I’ll still stand tall

[Chorus]

From the ashes of your kingdom

I rise

Every shattered vow becomes my choir

You built an empire just to cage my light

Now I’m the storm dancing through your fire

You broke me just to see if I’d divide

But I wear these fractures like battle cries

From the ashes of your kingdom

I rise

I rise

I rise

(I rise)