[Intro]
[Reverberant grand piano. Distant thunder. Ethereal crystalline harmonies drift through a cathedral of echo. A noir-jazz guitar moans in the static.]
[Whispered]
They always mistake the fire...
For the girl standing inside it.
[Verse 1]
The ballroom glitters like a jagged knife
A gilded stage for a hollow life
The ceiling drips with gold and candlelight
Where ghosts of diamonds shiver in the night
The orchestra bleeds through velvet seams
Drowning the echoes of forgotten dreams
Every gaze follows the scent of the fray
Hungry for a map to lead them away
Black satin silk and silver smoke
A tragic truth in a whispered joke
I move slow enough to command the stare
Fast enough to dissolve into the air
[Pre-Chorus]
And every time the thunder rolls
The room forgets to breathe
They sense the tectonic shift
Beneath my skin
The storm is coming in
[Chorus]
I’m the Empress of Ashes, Queen of the Burn
Every heart that I touch is a lesson they learn
Built my throne from the ruins of promises made
Now the city starts trembling when I take the stage
Call me dangerous—maybe they’re right
But nobody ever survives
A star burning this bright
[Verse 2]
The penthouse frames the weeping rain
Like silver veins on a window pane
The skyline bows as the pressure drops
A kingdom falling while the music stops
You’re pacing the edge, just a silhouette
A ghost in the making, a soul to forget
Your eyes are screaming what your lips deny
A fever rising in the dead of the sky
You don't want heaven, you don't want peace
You want the collapse, the sweet release
A catastrophic, beautiful scar
The kind of ruin they toast in a bar
[Pre-Chorus]
The violins climb, the chandeliers sway
I’m the light that turns the world
To gray
[Chorus]
I’m the Empress of Ashes, Queen of the Burn
Every heart that I touch is a lesson they learn
Built my throne from the ruins of promises made
Now the city starts trembling when I take the stage
Call me dangerous—maybe they’re right
But nobody ever survives
A star burning this bright
[Bridge]
[Massive live drums erupt. Strings surge. Layered harmonies become ghostly and dissonant.]
I wasn't forged in mercy, I wasn't built to stay
I was born from collapsing galaxies and Hollywood decay
From smoke-thick rooms and iron crowns
From saints who burned while the city drowned
From every dream that caught too much heat
From every heart left cold on the street
[Final Chorus]
I’m the Empress of Ashes, the last of my kind
Half cathedral, half wildfire—half ghost, half divine
If you’re looking for salvation, don't look in my eyes
You’ll only find obsession in diamonds and white lies
They call me dangerous—maybe they’re right
Because nobody ever survives
A star burning this bright
[Outro]
[Grand piano. Thunder fading. Crystal harmonies suspended in endless reverb.]
[Whispered]
You wanted an angel...
You should have left before the music started.