The Serpent’s Sorrow (A Crown of Thorns)"**

Lyrics

Verse 1**
*I carved the nails, I stoked the flame,
To quench the Light that bore my name.
The cross I raised in spiteful pride—
A throne of wood where God’s Son died.
The crowd roared, “Crucify!”
But the sky turned black… and He asked, “Why?”*

**Pre-Chorus**
*I laughed as the spear drew sacred blood,
Till the earth shook, and I understood—
The grave I dug, the death I craved,
Was the key to the souls I’d failed to enslave.*

**Chorus**
*Oh, bitter crown, my wretched win—
I murdered Hope to let Hell in.
But the blood I spilled wrote redemption’s song,
And the Lamb I slew proved the Lion strong.
Now eternity mocks my hollow rage:
I sealed the vow… I *saved* the age.*

**Verse 2**
*My venom choked the garden’s breath,
Yet from that rot sprang life from death.
I schemed to break the Father’s will,
But His mercy bends my hatred still.
The stone rolled back, the tomb stood bare—
My triumph drowned in answered prayer.*

**Pre-Chorus**
*I laughed as the spear drew sacred blood,
Till the earth shook, and I understood—
The grave I dug, the death I craved,
Was the key to the souls I’d failed to enslave.*

**Chorus**
*Oh, bitter crown, my wretched win—
I murdered Hope to let Hell in.
But the blood I spilled wrote redemption’s song,
And the Lamb I slew proved the Lion strong.
Now eternity mocks my hollow rage:
I sealed the vow… I *saved* the age.*

**Bridge**
*The serpent’s fang, the Eden lie—
All twisted to lift Him high.
What wrath could kill, what sin could stain,
Became the dawn that broke my chain.
Hell’s gates swing wide, yet Heaven storms through…
My greatest sin birthed grace anew.*

**Outro**
*So let me gnash, let me scream in the night,
The joke’s on me—the thief of Light.
The cross I built now towers free:
A bridge for those… who’ll never bow to me.*