Lyrics
(Verse 1) I drew the borders with a silver pen
And bled the marrow from the bones of men
I wanted stars to orbit ’round my head
Instead, I woke among the bitter dead
My golden towers were a house of cards
That scattered down into a thousand shards
The silk was stripped, the velvet turned to dust
The iron scepter crumbled into rust.
(Chorus)
And oh, the fall was long and deep and cold
A story that the hollow shadows told
I traded mercy for a heavy crown
And watched the weight of it just drag me down
But in the wreckage where the light is dim
I found a different way to reach the rim.
(Verse 2) I walked the wasteland with a broken stride
With nothing left but skin and wounded pride
No fawning courts to whisper in my ear
Just the silence that a king should fear
I learned to love the sharpness of the floor
To want for nothing, then to want for more
I didn't seek the gold I once possessed
I sought the fire burning in my chest.
(Bridge)
I gathered up the fragments of my fall
The broken mirrors from the banquet hall
I didn't melt them down or smooth the edge
I made a vow, a dark and jagged pledge
Let every cut remind me of the cost
Of every single soul and city lost.
(Chorus)
And oh, the fall was long and deep and cold
A story that the hollow shadows told
I traded mercy for a heavy crown
And watched the weight of it just drag me down
But in the wreckage where the light is dim
I found a different way to reach the rim.
(Outro)
Now look at me upon this seat of pain
The King of Splinters, back to rule again
It isn't gold, it isn't polished stone
It’s jagged glass—a throne I built alone
And though it bleeds me, I will never slip
With a steady heart and a tighter grip.