Crown Of Ruin

[Intro Instrumental] [Verse 1] We met where broken angels sing

You wore my hope like borrowed rings

I gave you truth, you gave me schemes

Then turned our love to quiet screams

You kissed the cracks I tried to hide

Then filled them up with pretty lies

I held your name through storm and shame

While you kept changing every game

[Pre-Chorus] I saw the warning in your eyes

Still called the darkness paradise

You taught my loyal heart to bleed

Then left it begging not to need

[Chorus] I loved you once beyond my reason

You left me grieving every season

I chased your ghost through ruined places

And found your lies in familiar faces

You made my trust a throne for sorrow

Then stole the light from every tomorrow

I hope your crown becomes your cage

While I escape your burning stage

[Instrumental] [Verse 2] You said forever like a prayer

Then vanished when I needed care

I built a home inside your chest

You turned that room into unrest

I wrote our story line by line

You crossed out yours and buried mine

Now every memory wears your mask

And every answer dodges what I ask

[Pre-Chorus] I kept your secrets dressed as truth

You traded love for stolen youth

I learned the cost of wanting you

Was losing all I thought I knew

[Chorus] I loved you once beyond my reason

You left me grieving every season

I chased your ghost through ruined places

And found your lies in familiar faces

You made my trust a throne for sorrow

Then stole the light from every tomorrow

I hope your crown becomes your cage

While I escape your burning stage

[Instrumental Break or Guitar Solo] [Bridge] I still remember how you smiled

Before your mercy turned defiled

I still recall the way you spoke

Before your promise bent and broke

But longing cannot raise the dead

Or crown the words you never said

So I release your haunted name

And walk beyond your house of flame

[Chorus] I loved you once beyond my reason

You left me grieving every season

I chased your ghost through ruined places

And found your lies in familiar faces

You made my trust a throne for sorrow

Then stole the light from every tomorrow

I hope your crown becomes your cage

While I escape your burning stage [Outro - Fade]