Centuries

We are standing on sacred ground tonight

Shadows etched to the unmarked graves of mine

Borrowed eyes

So I carry your legacies

Underneath these heavy bones that were passed down to me

Can't redefine

Our thankless lives

Here is a birthright baptized by pain

Blade from the gods who don't know our names

Follow the heartlines beckoning me away

Seeds planted underneath

The castles of false kings

Reborn under our skin

I draw the line where I begin

Fall so I can lose it all

Listen to the call

I choose to respond

Centuries In my lungs

The lives of saints and devils are in my blood

I am hunted by inherited debts

I've given years to a ghost I've never met

Thieves at rest

Drink the poison from the monster's throat

As I barter off what I have left to call my own

I'll redefine

My bloodmarked life

I am the daughter of root and flame

Carving our heartlines over their names

Bleeding the history they couldn't hide away

Seeds planted underneath

The castles of false kings

Reborn under our skin

I draw the line where I begin

Fall so I can lose it all

Listen to the call

I choose to respond

Centuries In my lungs

The lives of saints and devils are in my blood

I am sinking through the shallow earth

Along the thread that ties our worth

And I am more

I am so much more

Daughter of daughters Scion of kings

I'll wear my name like holy wings

And wield the sun

So light me up

And watch me fly away

Seeds planted underneath

The castles of false kings

Reborn under our skin

I draw the line where I begin

Fall so I can lose it all

Listen to the call

I choose to respond

Centuries In my lungs

The lives of saints and devils are in my blood