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Tracy Bailey
Crown of Smoke and Iron - Raven Blackthorn
Southern Gothic Cinematic Rock / Dark Americana Anthem
Crown of Smoke and Iron - Raven Blackthorn
Southern Gothic Cinematic Rock / Dark Americana Anthem
About
A towering Southern gothic anthem of survival, devotion, and hard-earned power. “Crown of Smoke and Iron” feels like Raven standing in the aftermath of every war she lived through and finally wearing the strength it forged in her. It blends black-smoke mythology, battle-worn romance, and storm-lit conviction into a huge, cinematic declaration of who she is and who stood beside her.
Lyrics
I came up through the embers
With the sky split black and red
Carried every broken promise
Like a blade above my head
I learned the weight of silence
Learned the shape a ghost can wear
Built my name from dust and thunder
With the night inside my stare
I was not born a queen
I was forged where the wild hearts bleed
I wear a crown of smoke and iron
Built from every war I survived
And you still hold these battle-worn hands
Like you knew they were holy the whole damn time
I wear a crown of smoke and iron
Black flame burning in my eyes
And beside me stands the only man
Who never feared the fire in my life
Every scar became a scripture
Every fall became a vow
I don’t shake for any shadow
I don’t bow, not even now
But you saw past the wreckage
Past the storms I learned to hide
And you loved the woman in the ashes
Not just the legend I survived
You never asked me to break
You only showed me what strength could make
I wear a crown of smoke and iron
Built from every war I survived
And you still hold these battle-worn hands
Like you knew they were holy the whole damn time
I wear a crown of smoke and iron
Black flame burning in my eyes
And beside me stands the only man
Who never feared the fire in my life
Let the heavens roll like thunder
Let the old world turn to ash
We were written in the hard years
We were built to last
If the dark comes like an army
If the whole earth draws a line
They’ll know I never stood alone
When your hand was locked in mine
I wear a crown of smoke and iron
Built from every war I survived
And you still hold these battle-worn hands
Like you knew they were holy the whole damn time
I wear a crown of smoke and iron
Stormlight living in my eyes
And beside me stands the only man
Who earned his place here by my side
[Outro Ad-Lib]
Smoke and iron
Fire and vow
Still standing
Here and now
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Details
BPM
152
Key
C Minor
Mood
Defiant, powerful, storm-lit, romantic, battle-worn, triumphant
Duration
4:50
Genre
Southern Gothic Cinematic Rock / Dark Americana Anthem