[Intro]
(Yeah)
Used to shine
Now I burn
Same wings
New turn
[Verse 1]
I was halos and harps
Tiny light in the dark
Used to pray for the broken
Now I sharpen the shards
I was standing on clouds
With a crown made of calm
Now I ink every sin
Like a sleeve on my arm
I remember that choir
How they sang my name
Now the echo is fire
And it sounds the same
I ain’t changed, just exposed
What I really am
Heard a voice in the smoke say
"Welcome back, fam"
[Chorus]
I was an angel
Now I’m the devil you fear
(yeah, yeah)
Look in the mirror
See the horns getting near
(say my name)
My story, my story
Reads just like his
We fell from the glory
Built a throne in the abyss
I was an angel
Now I’m the devil you know
(you know, you know)
Every step downward
Felt just like going home
(going home)
My story, my story
Carved in ash on the wall
I used to rise with the dawn
Now I answer every fall
[Verse 2]
I was dressed up in white
You were dressed up in rage
But the script that they wrote me
Was the same on the page
They adored my obedience
Feared your flame
But they cast us both out
When we wouldn’t stay tame
You were branded the serpent
I was branded the saint
But the truth under surface
Never cared for that paint
Now we sit on these skulls
Call it office chairs
Sign the deals in the dark
While they whisper their prayers
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to low drone, distant choir]
Tell me what’s the difference
Halo, crown, it’s the same weight
Tell me who’s the villain
If we only did what fate made
I was you, you were me
They just changed the name
Every fallen thing
Learns to love the flames
[Chorus]
I was an angel
Now I’m the devil you fear
(oh, you fear me now)
Look in the mirror
See the horns getting near
(can you see ‘em, see ‘em)
My story, my story
Reads just like his
We fell from the glory
Built a throne in the abyss
I was an angel
Now I’m the devil you know
(yeah, you know me)
Every step downward
Felt just like going home
(home, home)
My story, my story
Carved in ash on the wall
I used to rise with the dawn
Now I answer every fall