The Old Kindom

Lyrics

Intro
Ash in the throat
Iron in the jaw
A black prayer crawls
Through the broken wall

Verse 1
I woke where the crows feed
On the bones of the court
A crown in the mud
And a blade at the port
The walls know my name
They remember the sin
Every gate that you sealed
Has a crack from within

Pre-Chorus
Hear the chains answer
Hear the dead lean in
The old kindom stirs
Under skin, under skin

Chorus
Bow to the old kindom
Bow to the old kindom
We are the rot below
We are the throne you sold
Bow to the old kindom
Bow to the old kindom
(name it, name it)
And watch your courage fold

Verse 2
I drank from the well
Where the liars were drowned
Saw faces in tar
Wear the king’s vacant sound
The child in the tower
With a mouth full of flies
Breathed smoke into scripture
And tore out the lies

Pre-Chorus
Hear the chains answer
Hear the dead lean in
The old kindom stirs
Under skin, under skin

Chorus
Bow to the old kindom
Bow to the old kindom
We are the rot below
We are the throne you sold
Bow to the old kindom
Bow to the old kindom
(name it, name it)
And watch your courage fold

Bridge
Kneel, if you want
The stone will not care
The judge has no eyes
And the air tastes like prayer
I saw your bright world
In the mouth of the pit
It screamed for a name
Then it learned how to spit

Breakdown
Down
Down
Break your vow
Break your vow
The old kindom
Hangs by a nail
The old kindom
Sets itself to fail

Guitar Solo
Verse 3
Now the horns on the ridge
Paint the moon into teeth
Your saints are all ash
And your mercy a sheath
I wear the disease
Like a blade on my skin
If the door wants a war
Then I’m coming back in

Pre-Chorus
Hear the chains answer
Hear the dead lean in
The old kindom stirs
Under skin, under skin

Final Chorus
Bow to the old kindom
Bow to the old kindom
We are the rot below
We are the throne you sold
Bow to the old kindom
Bow to the old kindom
(name it, name it)
And watch your courage fold

Outro
Ash in the throat
Iron in the jaw
The old kindom waits
At the end of the law