[Intro]
Sirens in the royal street
Smoke above the golden wire
Everybody’s on their knees
There’s a palace on fire

[Verse]
The red sky opened like a wound
Over marble, steel, and stone
The guards were running from the gates
The king was standing all alone
He said the flames were only shadows
He said the smoke would pass by dawn
But the curtains caught the morning
And the throne began to burn

[Pre-Chorus]
You can lie to the people
You can lie to the night
But you can’t tell the fire
Not to climb toward the light

[Chorus]
There’s a palace on fire
And the crown is melting down
There’s a palace on fire
And the king can hear the sound
Of every secret, every sin
Every war he kept within
Rising higher, rising higher
There’s a palace on fire

[Verse]
He ran through rooms of trophies
Through portraits on the wall
Every victory was screaming
As the ceilings started to fall
He saw the faces of the faithful
He saw the lover he betrayed
He saw the boy behind the armor
Watching everything he made

[Pre-Chorus]
You can dress up the damage
You can polish the chains
But you can’t stop the thunder
When it rolls through your name

[Chorus]
There’s a palace on fire
And the crown is melting down
There’s a palace on fire
And the king can hear the sound
Of every secret, every sin
Every war he kept within
Rising higher, rising higher
There’s a palace on fire

[Instrumental]
Drums like towers breaking
Guitars like flames in flight
A solo cuts the smoke apart
And tears across the night

[Bridge]
I thought the walls would save me
I thought the gold was proof
I thought the world would praise me
If I buried every truth
But fire has no mercy
Fire has no fear
It burns away the kingdom
Till only hearts are here

[Breakdown]
Let it burn
Let it fall
Let the ashes take it all
Let the pride
Let the shame
Let the fire speak my name

[Build-up]
From the ruins, from the wire
Through the smoke and through the choir
I can feel the old world dying
I can hear a new heart crying

[Chorus]
There’s a palace on fire
And the crown is melting down
There’s a palace on fire
And the king can hear the sound
Of every secret, every sin
Every war he kept within
Rising higher, rising higher
There’s a palace on fire

[Chorus]
There’s a palace on fire
But I’m walking through the flame
There’s a palace on fire
And I won’t come out the same
Let the towers turn to dust
Let the golden gates combust
Rising higher, rising higher
From the palace on fire

[Outro]
Sirens in the royal street
Ashes on the wire
I lost the throne beneath my feet
In a palace on fire