Prince of Ashes

Verse 1

The curtain rises on a frozen sea

My heart a fortress built of stone and ice

I wore the armor that they forged for me

A crown of silence in a world of dice

Pre-Chorus

But somewhere deep the embers start to burn

A turning tide I cannot overturn

Chorus

Let the ramparts fall tonight

Let the storm come crashing down

I am thunder I am light

I am the requiem that drowns this town

Rise ye winds and carry me

From the ashes I begin

Bridge

A king was never born to kneel

The gilded cage has taught me how to feel

Each fallen stone a lesson carved in steel

The dice is mine, now I shall deal

breakdown

Verse 2

The throne is cold but I will make it warm

These hollow halls will learn a kinder name

I'll plow the fields where once they raised the storm

And start anew from a different flame

guitar outro