[Verse 1]
I came in mud on my boots
With a grin like a knife
Door chain on the floor
And a grin in my eye

You talk big, baby
I talk holy bad
Got a black-feather crown
And it’s all I had

[Pre-Chorus]
You can pray if you want
You can stare all night
But I don't fold easy
I was made for the bite

[Chorus]
Black feather crown
I wear it down
Black feather crown
I shake this house

Black feather crown
Say my name out loud
Black feather crown
I don't back down
(black feather crown)

[Verse 2]
Left my old ghost there
By the river stones
Now I walk like thunder
In my skin and bones

Your sweet little warning
Just sharpens my mood
I bite my own shadow
And I call that good

[Pre-Chorus]
You can pray if you want
You can stare all night
But I don't fold easy
I was made for the bite

[Chorus]
Black feather crown
I wear it down
Black feather crown
I shake this house

Black feather crown
Say my name out loud
Black feather crown
I don't back down
(black feather crown)

[Bridge]
If the dark wants a king
Let it come take a seat
I built my own altar
From the wreckage at my feet

I was born in the smoke
With a bruise for a heart
Now I laugh at the flood
When it tears things apart

[Final Chorus]
Black feather crown
I wear it down
Black feather crown
I shake this house

Black feather crown
Say my name out loud
Black feather crown
I don't back down
(black feather crown)