Heavy Lies the Crown

[Verse 1]
Call me the spider king
I creep along the night
I weave a web so dense
Once caught there, is no flight
So delicate the strands I weave
Around my victims taut
The terror suffocates
Their shattered afterthoughts

[Chorus]
I feel their envy
Heavy lies the crown
Heavy lies the crown

[Verse 2]
Call me the spider king
Men sharpen blades behind
Caught in the light of greed
The prize infects their minds
They fly too close to flames
Of fame and withered vanity
Like moths, they're drawn
Towards the inhumanity

[Chorus]
I hear their envy
Heavy lies the crown

[Verse 3]
And so, I send my spies
To watch the guilty seethe
Devise a twisted plot
And gently pull the strings
I slink along the boulevards
Listen to the streets
The avenues and gutters
Give me truth to speak

[Chorus]
I hear their envy
Heavy lies the crown

[Verse 4]
Call me the spider king
These fiends show no respect
Their blinded loyalties
The balance that I check

[Chorus]
I hear them sharpen knives
Behind my back
A moment frozen
Let them open fire

[Bridge]
See the hatred that burns through my eyes
And remember the pain it inflicts on you
Before the dawn
Suffer my vengeance

[Refrain]
Suffer my vengeance

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 5]
So many cannons have been aimed at me
They raise the guillotine at full speed
The bayonets of men, they clash and ring
The battle's ashen strings, it recedes
The bodies burning in a blaze of heat
The screams of agony and lost pride
These men go off to die
For war and countryside

[Verse 6]
The revving engine of the war machine
Draining it as it feeds on the weak
They try to resurrect the violent seed
Into a hangman's tree of deceit
The choice is made out on the battleground
Through history resounds
The weight would crush you down
'Cause heavy lies the crown

[Refrain]
Heavy lies the crown

[Verse 7]
I smell the fear
These men disguise as their love
The hints of their betrayal
It fires my blood
So many knives have missed my back
To put me down
The weight would crush you down
'Cause heavy lies the crown

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Don't put me on a pedestal
I lay there for you all to see
I never wanted any war
Save me from the hate below

[Verse 7]
Envy seeps your every pore
Jealousy is your just reward
This is a warning to you all:
Don't ever try to plot my fall
I'll put you six feet in the ground
Heavy lies the crown

[Instrumental Outro]