Crown of Glass

[Verse 1]

You found me in the winter hall

Barefoot on the checkered stone

Laughing at the painted kings

Swearing I'd die alone

You bowed like you were born to kneel

But your eyes

They shook the throne

A ring of gold upon your hand

Still

You felt like home

[Pre-Chorus]

Every rule carved into marble

Every prayer etched in the glass

But your fingers brushed my shoulder

And the world cracked

[Chorus]

So I loved you in a crown of glass

Every touch a breaking

Every breath a trespass

We were dancing on a fragile past

You were sworn to her

I was sworn to stand and clasp

But my heart knelt down

To your crown of glass

To your crown of glass

[Verse 2]

We hid in rooms the sun forgot

Traded secrets

Thread and flame

You traced futures on my palm

Whispered softly

Say my name

Thunder in the banquet hall

Trumpets for your wedding day

I sewed pearls into her gown

Stabbed my fingers

Tucked the pain away

[Pre-Chorus]

Blessings rained like burning embers

Every cheer a warning bell

When you turned to steal one last look

I already knew we fell

[Chorus]

Still I loved you in a crown of glass

Every vow a shiver

Every word a crack

We were dancing on a fragile past

You were pledged to her

I was paid to fade to black

Yet my heart knelt down

To your crown of glass

To your crown of glass

[Bridge]

[Strings swell

Choir enters softly]

They said love is just a story

Fit for fools and country songs

But they never read the ending

Written in a foreign tongue

Guards at dawn

The gates are closing

Footsteps rushing down the nave

You reached out across the distance

But they called my name

[Chorus]

And I broke for you

A crown of glass

On the cold white steps

Where the red ran fast

You were screaming at a line of brass

She was on your arm

As they laid me in the past

Still my soul knelt down

To your crown of glass

To your crown of glass

[Outro]

[Orchestra falls to piano and solo violin]

In the portraits

I stand smiling

Just a girl behind the class

But my ghost walks by your side

Barefoot on the glass