Skunked Visions - The King Sees His End Crown Fed By Carrion III

AI Created: Song not to be used in any form of promotion or used in any other videos other than what is right here. Lyrics: [Intro – Spoken] “Seal the hall… Bring the wine… Let them scream beyond the gates… They've screamed before… And kings do not answer hunger…” [Verse 1] The candles lean where the cold winds breathe And shadows crawl like hands beneath Smoke rolls black beyond the stone While I sit high upon my throne Silver plates and untouched meat Ash falls soft around my feet The servants stare, the courtiers lie None dare meet their king’s own eye Far-off bells and broken drums Announce the storm before it comes I grip the gold, I speak command But the chalice trembles in my hand Outside rage, inside deceit Firelight crawls beneath my feet The sky turns red, the walls reply Now something vicious comes tonight [Pre-Chorus] I gave them fear, I gave them law I made them bow until they crawled But mercy dies and hatred learns To bare its teeth while kingdoms burn [Chorus] Hold the line! Let the archers rain them dead! Paint the stones in rebel red! Seal the gates! Drown the streets in flame! Make them choke beneath my name! Crown of iron Throne of bone No starving hands will claim my home! Let them break, let them bleed No beggar’s rage will conquer me! [Verse 2] The windows crack, the horses scream My guards fall back through smoke and steam Torches rise like funeral stars Climbing through the palace yards Old men crawl on splintered knees Children thin as winter trees Mothers lift their butchered kin And drag my buried sins within Every face becomes a curse Every footstep shakes the earth I hear the names I left to rot From graves I built and then forgot My captain kneels, his armor split His bloody mouth begs, “Run from it” But kings do not run from the poor Even when they break the door [Pre-Chorus] The floorboards groan, the rafters swing No choir mourns a dying king Their hunger chants, their hatred stands With iron tools in broken hands [Chorus] Hold the line! Let the archers rain them dead! Paint the stones in rebel red! Seal the gates! Drown the streets in flame! Make them choke beneath my name! Crown of iron Throne of bone No starving hands will claim my home! Let them break, let them bleed No beggar’s rage will conquer me! [Bridge] Now I see them through shattered glass The future dragging up the past Not filthy dogs, not nameless swine But every debt I called divine The banquet hall becomes my tomb The velvet burns in golden rooms Portraits split and curtains fall As judgment gathers in the hall I call to God, I call to steel But neither bends the starving will No prayer, no blade, no royal lie Can make the broken kneel tonight [Breakdown] KILL THE LIGHTS - BAR THE STAIR! I CAN SMELL THEM IN THE AIR! SOUND THE HORN! - RAISE THE WALL! WHY IS NO ONE HEEDING MY CALL? BLOOD ON GOLD! - SMOKE IN LUNG! ALL OF THESE TRAITORS NEED TO BE HUNG? Guard the throne! Hide the fear! The end I earned is finally here! [Guitar Solos] [Bridge II] The doors give way like rotted bone And all at once, I stand alone No priest remains, no loyal blade No hand to save the god I made The banners fall, the rafters burn The wheels of debt begin to turn A mother points, a blacksmith grins A thousand mouths recite my sins My crown feels cold, my breathing slows The feast is done, the famine knows And in the silence before they strike I learn what begging tastes like [Final Chorus] Pull me down! Tear the heavens from my head! Drag my glory through the dead! Break the crown! Let the kingdom watch me shake! Let my golden empire break! No more worship No more throne The bones I buried have come home! Pull me down! Let the starving carve my name! Write their justice into flame! Crown of iron Throne of bone The king dies screaming all alone! [Outro] “A king may command the body… But never the hunger beneath it…” “The crown was never holy… The throne was never mine…”