[Intro] Beyond the ash Beyond the scars I found the door To the reliquary of stars [Verse] The stairway descended where no mortal prayer Had carried a living breath A chamber was waiting in violet air Between creation and death There in the center, suspended in night A casket of crystal and gold Contained not a jewel, not a weapon, not light But a sunrise impossibly old [Pre-Chorus] It knew my sorrow It knew my name It burned without burning An eternal flame [Chorus] The reliquary of stars Opened in my hands Brighter than the kingdoms lost Darker than the lands The reliquary of stars Sang the first dawn’s song I was buried to protect it I have guarded it too long [Verse] I saw through the crystal the ages to come The wars, the cathedrals, the graves I saw what would happen if darkness had won And swallowed the world it enslaves Not every prison is forged out of hate Not every exile is wrong Some queens become guardians chained to a gate So the fragile may carry on [Pre-Chorus] It knew my mourning It knew my flame It whispered through heaven You chose the same [Chorus] The reliquary of stars Opened in my hands Brighter than the kingdoms lost Darker than the lands The reliquary of stars Sang the first dawn’s song I was buried to protect it I have guarded it too long [Instrumental] Harps glisten over deep guitars Choirs ascend like ancient stars The organ breathes in cosmic light The queen holds dawn against the night [Bridge] I could have broken Every seal I could have forced The world to kneel But power guarded Out of pain Must never hunger To reign again [Breakdown] Star in the casket Flame in the deep Oath I inherited Oath I must keep Light without mercy Light without rest Burn through the wound Inside my chest [Build-up] If I open the gate too wide All living hearts may burn If I hide the light forever No broken souls return So I lift it like a sunrise Not to conquer, not to claim But to show the world above me Why they feared my royal name [Chorus] The reliquary of stars Opened in my hands Brighter than the kingdoms lost Darker than the lands The reliquary of stars Sang the first dawn’s song I was buried to protect it I have guarded it too long [Chorus] The reliquary of stars Shines beneath the stone Not a weapon for dominion Not a jewel upon a throne The reliquary of stars Is the vow inside my scars I will stand between the darkness And the reliquary of stars [Outro] Beyond the ash Beyond the scars I close my hands Around the stars