[Intro]
Do not weep for the throne below
Do not fear what the darkness brings
Listen close when the candles glow
When the dead queen sings

[Verse]
The fire was fading from shattered stone
The dawn touched the broken nave
The people stood silent, no longer alone
With the saints who had risen from graves
They saw me crowned in sorrow and light
Neither monster nor savior nor bride
But a queen who had carried the centuries’ night
With the ancient star locked inside

[Pre-Chorus]
I could have taken
The world above
I could have ruled them
Without love

[Chorus]
When the dead queen sings
The cathedral remembers
Every buried name
Every fallen ember
When the dead queen sings
The lost bells ring
Not for triumph, not for glory
But for everything

[Verse]
The bishop was gone with his blade and his lies
The nobles were ash on the air
But vengeance is hollow when innocence cries
And mercy must answer despair
I opened the reliquary only enough
For the dawn to remember its way
Then sealed it again with my sorrow and love
And returned where the dead kingdoms stay

[Pre-Chorus]
I am the doorway
I am the key
I am the prisoner
Who keeps you free

[Chorus]
When the dead queen sings
The cathedral remembers
Every buried name
Every fallen ember
When the dead queen sings
The lost bells ring
Not for triumph, not for glory
But for everything

[Instrumental]
Piano begins alone in the dark
Strings rise softly around the star
Choir enters like morning rain
Guitars awaken through royal pain

[Bridge]
Tell the children I was real
Tell the grieving they may heal
Tell the faithful faith can lie
If it fears the wounded sky
Tell the rulers crowns decay
When they sell the dawn away
Tell the lonely under stone
No one guards the dark alone

[Breakdown]
I remain
I remain
Under root and altar chain
I remain
I remain
Half in mercy, half in pain
I remain
I remain
Till the night is bound again

[Build-up]
So build no statue of my face
Raise no sword in my name
Leave one candle in this place
And guard the hidden flame
If the bells beneath you wake
If the marble starts to ring
Bow your head and hear the warning
When the dead queen sings

[Chorus]
When the dead queen sings
The cathedral remembers
Every buried name
Every fallen ember
When the dead queen sings
The lost bells ring
Not for triumph, not for glory
But for everything

[Chorus]
When the dead queen sings
The world above is sleeping
But the throne below the stone
Is still awake and keeping
When the dead queen sings
Let the heavens lean
For the darkness fears the sorrow
Of the buried queen

[Outro]
Do not weep for the throne below
Do not fear what the darkness brings
Light one candle and you will know
When the dead queen sings