No Pharaoh Controls Me

Verse 1

They carved their rules in sandstone

Told me bow my head and kneel

I counted every false crown

Now I know their charms aren't real

Pre-Chorus

Watch me walk away from the altar

Watch me leave their golden lies

Every chain they tried to solder

Slips right through my open eyes

Chorus

I'm the queen of my own river

Nile runs through my veins

No pharaoh's name can bind me

No hollow god remains

I'm the queen of my own empire

Built on bones they'll never see

They whisper but I'm silent

And silence sets me free

Verse 2

They measure worth in trinkets

In the shine of borrowed gold

But I found my reflection

In the stories left untold by me

I burned their little temple down

With nothing but my doubt

And what they call my weakness

Is what I'm all about

Pre-Chorus

Watch me scatter all their relics

Watch me turn their tides around

Every siren song they echo

Breaks against my solid ground

Chorus

I'm the queen of my own river

Nile runs through my veins

No pharaoh's name can bind me

No hollow god remains

I'm the queen of my own empire

Built on bones they'll never see

They whisper but I'm silent

And silence sets me free

Bridge

Pyramids of their approval

Crumbling in the sand

I don't need their burial rites

To know where I stand

Let them watch me rise from rubble

Dust to dust to me

The only crown I'll ever wear

Is my own sovereignty

Chorus

I'm the queen of my own river

Nile runs through my veins

No pharaoh's name can bind me

No hollow god remains

I'm the queen of my own empire

Built on bones they'll never see

They whisper but I'm silent

And silence sets me free