[Verse 1]
Smoke on my banners
Charred gold on the floor
Throne split like old bone
Cracked stone
Open door
Bootprints in the chapel
Blood on every stair
My crown in a puddle
Cold steel in the air
[Chorus]
I wear these ashes on my iron crown (ohhh)
Let your hounds come
Let your blades rain down
I will not kneel
I will not bow
Carve my name into the blackened ground
[Verse 2]
Your flag claws my ramparts
Screams stain the dawn
My sons hang from rampikes
Their shadows live on
You brand me with judgment
Your mark on my face
But I was a wildfire
You were only the grave
[Chorus]
I wear these ashes on my iron crown (ohhh)
Let your hounds come
Let your blades rain down
I will not kneel
I will not bow
Carve my name into the blackened ground
[Bridge]
Strike if you dare
I am already gone
My curse rides your heirs
My war outlives this song (hey!)
[Chorus]
I wear these ashes on my iron crown (ohhh)
Let your hounds come
Let your blades rain down
I will not kneel
I will not bow
Carve my name into the blackened ground
[Outro]
[Organ tolls
Guitars sustain one dying chord]