Black Veil Crown
Lyrics
Verse 1
She came through the ash in black lace
Cold halo, blood on her face
I saw her smile in the church gate
Said, "Boy, the wicked know my name"
He tried to pray with a stolen watch
She read his sins like a burn book
One step, and the room went dark
One touch, and his heart got shook
I said, "Who are you?"
She said, "The end"
Crown full of bones
Back for the bent
Pre-Chorus
She don't chase saints
She don't take the clean
She want the vile ones
Hidden in the mean
Every knife hand
Every dead-eyed lie
She keeps score
When the sky goes white
Chorus
Goddess of death, take them down
Goddess of death, wear that crown
Goddess of death, call my name
Wicked souls burn in your flame
(Goddess of death)
(Goddess of death)
Verse 2
Now she on the back road, deep in the pines
Female voice like a hymn turned knife
Angel at first, then the vowels go low
Like a graveyard choir in a fever glow
She said, "I know the killers by the way they breathe
By the weight they carry, by the lies they feed"
Then her eyes went black, and the verse went cold
Like a demon in silk with a heart of gold
He ran for the truck, but the keys were gone
She tapped that hood like, "You came too wrong"
One for the child, one for the mom
One for the blade and the damage done
Pre-Chorus
She don't chase saints
She don't take the clean
She want the vile ones
Hidden in the mean
Every knife hand
Every dead-eyed lie
She keeps score
When the sky goes white
Chorus
Goddess of death, take them down
Goddess of death, wear that crown
Goddess of death, call my name
Wicked souls burn in your flame
(Goddess of death)
(Goddess of death)
Bridge
Fell like rain on a rusted gate
Hands in the dirt, but it's way too late
She don't bow to the judge or king
She just walks through the smoke and the screams
Male voice: I saw the blade in the velvet night
Female voice: I saw the truth in your hollow eyes
Male voice: You made your bed in the lie you sold
Female voice: Now I take what's left of your soul
Final Chorus
Goddess of death, take them down
Goddess of death, wear that crown
Goddess of death, call my name
Wicked souls burn in your flame
Goddess of death, no mercy shown
Goddess of death, claim your throne
Goddess of death, hear that cry
Only the wicked meet that sky