King of Ruin

Lyrics

[Intro] Ash on the altar, iron in the rain You built a throne from somebody else's pain Now every crown has a fracture beneath And every promise is baring its teeth [Verse 1] I walk through the court where the guilty convene Gold on the walls, but the cracks still bleed You called me a monster to sleep through the night Then taught me the language of taking what's mine I keep no halo, I carry the scar You made your kingdom by burying hearts When the bell tolls low and the witnesses flee The hand on the verdict belongs to me [Pre-Chorus] You wanted a ruler who never would bend You forged your enemy, called him your friend Now face what you summoned, no bargain, no plea The door that you locked is opening me [Chorus] I am the fire beneath your foundation The final word in your condemnation Your king of ruin, your reckoning flood The nightmare awakened by spilled blood I am the answer your empire denied The storm at the gates and the beast inside No crown can command me, no chain can hold Your fear has a face—and it wears my soul [Verse 2] I don't need mercy from a mouth made of lies I watched your angels turn away their eyes You measured the weak, then you worshipped the scale Now every number is carved in your jail The banners are burning, the marble is black The ones you discarded are leading the attack You named me the ending, you summoned the cost Now count every kingdom your hunger has lost [Pre-Chorus] You wanted a savior who swallowed your blame You fed him your sins, then you cursed him by name But nothing stays buried beneath holy stone The debt has a voice, and it sounds like my own [Chorus] I am the fire beneath your foundation The final word in your condemnation Your king of ruin, your reckoning flood The nightmare awakened by spilled blood I am the answer your empire denied The storm at the gates and the beast inside No crown can command me, no chain can hold Your fear has a face—and it wears my soul [Bridge] Furor in the furnace, consequence in bloom Omega at the threshold, making space in the tomb I am not your savior, I am not your god I am what remained when you turned the knife and walked Hear the iron choir, hear the old walls crack Every ghost you silenced is calling you back The hand that wrote the law is shaking in the dust The blood beneath the kingdom is remembering us [Final Chorus] I am the fire beneath your foundation The final word in your condemnation Your king of ruin, your reckoning flood The nightmare awakened by spilled blood I am the answer your empire denied The storm at the gates and the beast inside No crown can command me, no chain can hold Your fear has a face—and it wears my soul [Outro] Ash on the altar, silence below You made me the ending you feared to know No throne, no heaven, no kingdom, no trust Just the sound of a name rising out of the dust