[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
