Quiet Crown

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

The hedges keep their shapes

and I keep mine

Somewhere past the gate

he's asleep by now

I count the marble steps

the way I count my days

Each one colder than the last

[Pre-Chorus]

And the fountain hums a lullaby

for nobody but me

[Chorus]

Oh what a quiet crown

what a quiet crown

I would trade the throne

for one unguarded hour

Oh what a quiet crown

[Verse 2]

My mother's portrait watches

from the western wall

She married for the map

and never once complained

I wear her pearls tonight

they sit so strange and still

Like borrowed breath

[Pre-Chorus]

And the gardener's boy knows my name

but never says it right

[Chorus]

Oh what a quiet crown

what a quiet crown

I would trade the throne

for one unguarded hour

Oh what a quiet crown

[Bridge]

Let the lilies lean

let the roses close

Let me be a girl

just a girl who chose

Let the lilies lean

let the roses close

[Chorus]

Oh what a quiet crown

what a quiet crown

I would trade the throne

for one unguarded hour

Oh what a quiet crown

[Outro]

Mm

Mm-hmm

(Just a girl who chose)

Mm