[Intro]
The room is cold where your picture stands
A silver frame in my shaking hands
I won the world, but I lost my home
The night love left the throne

[Verse]
You used to wait by the window
When the city called my name
I came home wearing thunder
You were tired of the rain
You said my heart was a castle
With no door and no key
I called it strength, I called it passion
But you called it losing me

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the roses have fallen
And the candles are stone
I hear your voice in the silence
Since love left the throne

[Chorus]
Love left the throne
When pride became my crown
Love left the throne
When I let you down
I ruled the night, I chased the light
But I could not hold you close
Now I’m a king in an empty room
Since love left the throne

[Verse]
There were nights you tried to reach me
Through the noise inside my head
But I was drunk on tomorrow
And the words I never said
I gave the crowd my fire
I gave the road my soul
But the one who truly loved me
Got the parts I couldn’t show

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the echoes are calling
Through the heart I disowned
I hear your tears in the silence
Since love left the throne

[Chorus]
Love left the throne
When pride became my crown
Love left the throne
When I let you down
I ruled the night, I chased the light
But I could not hold you close
Now I’m a king in an empty room
Since love left the throne

[Instrumental]
Piano like rain on an empty street
Guitar like a heart that forgot how to beat
Strings rise soft where the sorrow has grown
In the kingdom where love left the throne

[Bridge]
I would trade every anthem
Every city, every stage
For one more midnight whisper
For one more honest page
But regret is not a doorway
And tears don’t turn back time
So I’ll carry what you taught me
Like a scar that still can shine

[Breakdown]
No crown
No crowd
No thunder loud enough
No fame
No name
Can take the place of love

[Build-up]
If I ever rise again
It won’t be to rule alone
I will build a heart with windows
Where love can find a home

[Chorus]
Love left the throne
When pride became my crown
Love left the throne
When I let you down
I ruled the night, I chased the light
But I could not hold you close
Now I’m a king in an empty room
Since love left the throne

[Chorus]
Love left the throne
But your memory stays
Love left the throne
Like light through broken days
I’ll face the man I used to be
And let the old one go
I learned too late what power means
When love left the throne

[Outro]
The room is cold where your picture stands
But I won’t let go of what I understand
I had the world, but now I know
I lost my heart when love left the throne