Текст песни
They speak of me in shadowed tones
A beast of scales, a heart of stone
I tore the spire from the clouds
To keep her where I stand alone
She cursed my name with silver breath
A caged bird singing songs of death
I brought her jewels, I brought her fire
She only asked for one man’s death
So let him come, this knight of tin
With trembling hands and holy sin
He thinks I hoard the gold I hold
But I have found a richer sin
She does not see the beast she tamed
She only sees the man she named
So let his spear tear through my chest
For in her eyes, I am the flame
That keeps her from his love
I watched her sleep by stolen light
A fragile thing in endless night
I could have crushed the keep of him
A single breath, a final fight
But when she whispered in her dreams
His name fell soft beside the streams
I knew the scales upon my hide
Were not as strong as her esteem
So let him come, this knight of tin
With trembling hands and holy sin
He thinks I hoard the gold I hold
But I have found a richer sin
She does not see the beast she tamed
She only sees the man she named
So let his spear tear through my chest
For in her eyes, I am the flame
That keeps her from his love
I’ve lived a thousand years of sky
And never learned to say goodbye
But what is time to endless fire
Compared to one tear in her eye
He storms the hall, the doors give way
A clumsy god in bright array
I lower my great, armored head
To let him take the prize today
Come take your throne, this knight of mine
Your shaking hands, your love divine
You think I lose my hoard of gold
But I bestow a richer shrine
She does not know I set her free
She’ll never know what I can be
So let your spear find where I hide
A heart she’ll never, ever see
Was hers to break in two
The steel slides home, a frozen kiss
A final, fleeting, hollow bliss
And in her gasp, I hear the sound
Of wings I’ll never lift again
She’s finally in his arms
