Iron Crown Sleep

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The hall is sleeping in stone Cold velvet on the floor A single candle leans Against the iron door My hands remember thunder My chest remembers names And every step I take Turns ash into a flame [Pre-Chorus] Listen, the dark is breathing Listen, it knows my face A march is waking slowly Under the dust and lace [Chorus] Rise with me now Rise through the night Hold that last breath And bite the light Rise with me now Rise through the night I will not fall I will not hide [Verse 2] The strings begin to tremble Like water in a cup A shadow on the staircase Keeps lifting my heart up The drums are far and hollow A pulse beneath the floor I hear the whole world calling Then calling once more [Pre-Chorus] Listen, the dark is breathing Listen, it knows my face A march is waking slowly Under the dust and lace [Chorus] Rise with me now Rise through the night Hold that last breath And bite the light Rise with me now Rise through the night I will not fall I will not hide [Bridge] If dawn comes cruel and empty I’ll meet it standing still With fire in my collar And winter in my will Then let the old bells shiver Let every wall respond I carry a blackened promise And I am not gone [Chorus] Rise with me now Rise through the night Hold that last breath And bite the light Rise with me now Rise through the night I will not fall I will not hide