Shatter My Halo

[Intro]
Twelve strings ringing
Nails on maple
Quiet knuckles
White on the table

[Verse 1]
I kept my teeth
Behind a pretty grin
Filed down my rage
So it fit my skin
Traced every rule
In my own dried blood
Built you a throne
From my backbone, love

[Chorus]
Shatter my halo
Rip it from my head (from my head)
Crown me in chaos
Leave these wings for dead
I’m done being grateful
For the weight of your control
Shatter my halo
I’m taking back my soul (my soul)

[Verse 2]
You called me “perfect”
When I stayed small
Wrote your commandments
On my bedroom wall
I bit my tongue
Till it tasted steel
Now every scar
Is a contract I repeal

[Chorus]
Shatter my halo
Rip it from my head (hey!)
Crown me in chaos
Leave these wings for dead
I’m done being grateful
For the weight of your control
Shatter my halo
I’m taking back my soul

[Bridge]
[sudden drop to acoustic and strings]
Breath like a siren
Heart like a drum in a cage
You lit the match in my silence
Now choke on the smoke of my rage (my rage)
[screamed]
You made this monster
When you clipped my grace

[Chorus]
Shatter my halo
Rip it from my head
Crown me in chaos
Paint your altar red
I’m done being faithful
To the lies you always sold
Shatter my halo
Watch me rise in gold (rise in gold)

[Outro]
[screamed]
Shatter my halo
Shatter my name
[sung]
I walk from the ashes
Unafraid of flame