Hope Burns

Intro

Oh oh

The iron glowing hot

The hammer falling down

Verse 1

Fourteen when my mother died

In those cold Swedish hills

Matthias wore a holy crown

While sharpening his iron drills

His church was built on terror

Broken bodies in the wheat

I saw the truth inside the cave

Before they dragged me through the street

Pre-Chorus

They yelled for a fire

They yelled for the rope

They gathered to butcher

The girl they called Hope

Chorus

Hope burns to ashes in the light

The demon called my name through the night

Hell found a daughter with nothing to lose

Swearing the pact that I had to choose

The skin turning pale

The heart turning cold

Death is the story that's finally told

Verse 2

Black pits filled with brimstone

Rebel armies at the wall

My father wears the sorcerer's skin

And waits for every soul to fall

The blacksmith offered iron

I traded away my breath

Forget the child from the farm

Just call me Lady Death

Pre-Chorus

He cursed my soft footsteps

He locked the iron door

Now I'm the pale goddess

Bringing the war

Chorus

Hope burns to ashes in the light

The demon called my name through the night

Hell found a daughter with nothing to lose

Swearing the pact that I had to choose

The skin turning pale

The heart turning cold

Death is the story that's finally told

Bridge

Vampire queens and sisters

Wait for the blade to bite

Throne made of ancient bone

Rising back to the light

Twenty years of slumber

Broken by a voodoo spell

Back from the Coffin

I'm reclaiming my Hell

Chorus

Hope burns to ashes in the light

The demon called my name through the night

Hell found a daughter with nothing to lose

Swearing the pact that I had to choose

The skin turning pale

The heart turning cold

Death is the story that's finally told

Post-Chorus

Hell is mine

All mine

Long live the Queen

Long live the Queen