Crown of dust

Verse 1

I didn't want a crown, I didn't want a throne

I just wanted a place where they don't know my name

Where no one counts wings, no one counts scars

Where I can be alone, not alone with punishment

I took my halo off myself, it was too heavy

It burned like ice, it shined like a lie

Pre-Chorus

And there's no one to give it to

And there's no one to steal it from

Chorus

This is my crown of dust

Not from heaven, not from God, it's mine

Made from ashes of halos that fell

Before they ever got to shine

I am the son of the night, I am alone

And that's enough

Verse 2

They said be holy or be nothing

I chose the third way - dust

Not holy, not cursed, not saved

Suspended between, but I don't have to return

Every grain of dust is someone's prayer

That never made it

Bridge

Let it fall

Let the gold rust

Let only what is real remain

Dust on my hands

Final Chorus

This is my crown of dust

Not from heaven, not from God, it's mine

I am the ruler of an island that's not on any map

And that's enough

That's enough

My dust, my crown