King of the Flood (1 ver.)

Verse 1

Water climbing up the stairs

Rising past the broken chairs

I watched the dam give way at dawn

Every warning I had drawn

Pre-Chorus

You stood upon the highest stone

And called the raging tide your throne

Chorus

King of the flood

You think the rivers answer you

King of the flood

The rain don't know your name

You crown yourself in thunder

But the storm will never kneel

King of the flood

You're drowning just the same

Verse 2

Houses swallowed one by one

Beneath a sky that's come undone

I built my walls with shaking hands

You tore them down on your command

Pre-Chorus

Your scepter is a broken oar

Your kingdom is a closing door

Chorus

King of the flood

You think the rivers answer you

King of the flood

The rain don't know your name

You crown yourself in thunder

But the storm will never kneel

King of the flood

You're drowning just the same

Bridge

Hear the current call your bluff

Every wave has had enough

Salt and sorrow on your tongue

You are not the one who's young

The water doesn't care who rules

It takes the foolish and the cruel

Chorus

King of the flood

You think the rivers answer you

King of the flood

The rain don't know your name

You crown yourself in thunder

But the storm will never kneel

King of the flood

You're drowning just the same

Final Chorus

King of the flood

The water takes us all the same