Flame and Rust by ST3V3N — Track Cover

MY LIFE, MY RULES!

Flame and Rust

OFFICIAL LYRICSST3V3N
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Flame and Rust — Lyrics

Original English lyrics

Six feet of fire, standing tall in the light
A crimson crown in the dead of the night.
You were the first to look me right in the eye
Without looking down, without asking why.

Yellow steel waiting out by the gate
A tiny car for a heart with that weight.
I came for the skin, I came for the thrill
While your world was shaking, I was standing still.
Your father’s in a gown, fighting for his breath
In a war of the streets, in a dance with death.
But you’re here with me, giving all you can give
Trading your soul just so I let you live...

​IN MY SHADOW!
I took your hope and I used it for fuel!
I played the king and I played it so cruel!
Standing eye to eye, but I was never there
I breathed you in like a poison air!
You were willing to break, you were willing to bleed
Just to be the answer to a hollow need!
I’M THE HUNGER!
I’M THE SHAME!

​No movies, no dinners, no walking the line
Just a secret to keep, just a moment of mine.
So tall and so fragile, a tower of glass
I watched the light in your spirit just pass.
I saw the price in the way that you stared
Hoping for a part of me that was never shared.
I used your body as a place I could stay
Then I’d start the engine and just drive away.

​IN MY SHADOW!
I took your hope and I used it for fuel!
I played the king and I played it so cruel!
Standing eye to eye, but I was never there
I breathed you in like a poison air!

​I couldn't watch you die while you were still alive!
I couldn't let you sink while I watched you strive!
I had to kill the hope to stop the slow decay
I had to be the one to push you far away!

​I’M A COWARD!
I’M TEARING DOWN THE FIRE!

​I took your hope and I used it for fuel!
I played the king and I played it so cruel!
Standing eye to eye, but I was never there
I breathed you in like a poison air!

You were willing to break, you were willing to bleed
Just to be the answer to a hollow need!
​Your father was a rebel, but you were the brave.
On a yellow road... to an early grave.
I took your hope away to set you free
So you’d never have to waste another tear on me.
​...But I know it hurt.