[Intro]
In the tavern of broken crowns
Where the candles lean and die
Old hands lift forgotten cups
To a king beneath the sky

[Verse]
The sign outside was split by storms
The door was black with years
The keeper poured a bitter ale
For men who drank their fears
A woman wore a silver pin
No tyrant’s guard could see
A lion cracked by hammer blows
Yet shining secretly

[Pre-Chorus]
They knew the songs before I played
They knew each hidden line
And when I asked who taught them so
They answered, yours and mine

[Chorus]
Raise your cups in the tavern of broken crowns
Where the lost still gather when the sun goes down
For the throne may shatter and the halls fall down
But the oath still lives in the hearts of the town
Sing it loud in the tavern of broken crowns
Let the walls remember the royal sound
When the dawn comes burning over field and mound
We will rise from the tavern of broken crowns

[Verse]
An old knight showed his empty sleeve
A boy showed scars of chains
A mother named her vanished sons
Like thunder naming rains
They said the false king took the throne
With poison, gold, and lies
And every bard who sang the truth
Was buried before sunrise

[Pre-Chorus]
I felt my heartbeat lose its pace
The room began to turn
For every face inside that place
Had waited for me to learn

[Chorus]
Raise your cups in the tavern of broken crowns
Where the lost still gather when the sun goes down
For the throne may shatter and the halls fall down
But the oath still lives in the hearts of the town
Sing it loud in the tavern of broken crowns
Let the walls remember the royal sound
When the dawn comes burning over field and mound
We will rise from the tavern of broken crowns

[Interlude]
One cup for the fallen
One cup for the brave
One cup for the nameless
Who sleep without a grave

[Solo]
Fiddle fire and guitar steel
Spin the night like a turning wheel
Drums of tables, boots on stone
No one drinks and stands alone

[Bridge]
I sang the verse of Willow Gate
They answered line by line
A hundred voices found the shape
Of one forbidden sign
The keeper locked the tavern door
And drew a rusted blade
He said, young bard, we waited long
For the song your blood has made

[Breakdown]
Crowns may break
Crowns may rust
Kings may fall
But not our trust

[Build-up]
Raise it
Raise it
Raise the song again
Raise it
Raise it
Through the storm and pain

[Chorus]
Raise your cups in the tavern of broken crowns
Where the lost still gather when the sun goes down
For the throne may shatter and the halls fall down
But the oath still lives in the hearts of the town
Sing it loud in the tavern of broken crowns
Let the walls remember the royal sound
When the dawn comes burning over field and mound
We will rise from the tavern of broken crowns

[Chorus]
Raise your cups in the tavern of broken crowns
Every whisper now becomes a battle sound
No more chains and no more heads bowed down
We will rise from the tavern of broken crowns

[Outro]
In the tavern of broken crowns
When the last dark candle died
The first true rebel song was born
And the kingdom woke inside