[Intro] Stone can remember Gold can decay Names can be buried But not swept away [Verse] The throne was split from arm to base By treason’s midnight hand A scar of gold, a wound of oak The heart of all the land They said it was a lifeless thing A relic cold and bare But when I sang my father’s name The room became a prayer [Pre-Chorus] For every stone that saw the crime For every torch that died Had waited through the dust of time To testify inside [Chorus] When the throne remembers The dead are not alone Every hidden ember Burns beneath the stone When the throne remembers The kingdom hears the call Not for one returning king But justice for them all [Verse] I sang my mother’s secret name The queen erased by lies I sang the guards who gave their lives So one small child could rise I sang the cooks, the stable boys The servants no one knew For kingdoms do not fall by crowns But by the common few [Pre-Chorus] The hall began to breathe again The windows filled with dawn And every ancient oath of men Returned where it was drawn [Chorus] When the throne remembers The dead are not alone Every hidden ember Burns beneath the stone When the throne remembers The kingdom hears the call Not for one returning king But justice for them all [Interlude] Remember the nameless Remember the brave Remember the singers Thrown into the grave Remember the mothers Remember the sons Remember the many Not only the ones [Solo] Strings rise like stained glass light Guitars answer through the night Brass resounds in wounded halls The broken throne recalls [Bridge] If memory is a holy fire Then let it not consume Let it warm the hands of those Who shivered in the gloom If I must sit where kings have sat Then let the first decree Be every forgotten human name Returned to history [Breakdown] Say their names Say their names Not in whispers Not in chains [Build-up] Higher now Let memory rise Higher now Through broken skies Higher now The hall shall sing Higher now For more than king [Chorus] When the throne remembers The dead are not alone Every hidden ember Burns beneath the stone When the throne remembers The kingdom hears the call Not for one returning king But justice for them all [Chorus] When the throne remembers The silence breaks in two Every lost December Finds a morning new When the throne remembers The kingdom hears the call Not for one returning king But justice for them all [Outro] Stone can remember Gold can decay Names once buried Rise with the day