Rusted Crown

[Verse 1]
Teeth marks
On the back of my doubt
I wore your words
Like a rusted crown
Bent knee
To a throne made of shame
Kissed the dirt
Just to carve out your name
[Chorus]
I won't crawl for you now
Set fire to this rusted crown
Every scar that you drew in my skin
Is a banner that says "I win"
I won't choke on your vows
Hear my silence getting loud
From the ashes that you buried me in
I rise again
I rise again
[Verse 2]
Thin glass
Where my backbone should be
You tapped cracks
Just to watch me bleed
Your cold laugh
Still lives in these halls
But I stitched
Every hole in these walls
[Chorus]
I won't crawl for you now
Set fire to this rusted crown
Every scar that you drew in my skin
Is a banner that says "I win"
I won't choke on your vows
Hear my silence getting loud
From the ashes that you buried me in
I rise again
I rise again
[Bridge]
[Halftime breakdown hits
Guitars drop an octave]
You made me an altar of anger
You made me a weapon of doubt
You made me believe I was nothing
Watch me tear your kingdom down (down!)
You made me an echo of failure
You carved your curse in my mouth
I spit it out
I spit it out
I spit it out
[Chorus]
I won't crawl for you now
Set fire to this rusted crown
Every scar that you drew in my skin
Is a banner that says "I win"
I won't choke on your vows
Hear my silence getting loud
From the ashes that you buried me in
I rise again
I rise again

metal, Modern metalcore with downtuned guitars in drop tuning, sharp palm-muted chugs, and sudden open-string explosions. Male vocals: verses in a controlled growl over syncopated kick and toms, choruses open into soaring melodic hooks with layered screams underneath. Brief halftime breakdown hits hard with dissonant chords and gang shouts, then a tight outro riff stabs on the off-beat and cuts cold.