About this song
From an Azorius prison cell to the throne of the Golgari Swarm, Vraska's creed has always been the same: a person should die the death they deserve. This is the song of the gorgon queen, a story of vengeance, love, and the defiant will to live until she has earned her own end.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] They locked me in iron, in Azorius white Where their justice was patient and their mercy was light I broke in the rising, I bled in the cell And the world cracked open — I was somewhere else [Pre-Chorus] Look at me once and forget how to move Look at me twice and you've nothing to lose [Chorus] A person should die the death they deserve That's the only law I keep, that's the only word A throne for the wronged, a stone for the proud And the Swarm rises up where the kings come down Death is just a season, and I am the spring A person should die the death they deserve And every cut I give has already been earned [Verse 2] I came back as venom, I came back as queen Through the Undercity rot and the green between I took the throne with a single still gaze And the elder dragon offered me his trade I took what he gave but I bargained my own way The Swarm in my hand, the war in my eyes A pirate's crown for a planeswalker's prize [Pre-Chorus] Look at me once and forget how to move Look at me twice and you've nothing to lose [Chorus] A person should die the death they deserve That's the only law I keep, that's the only word A throne for the wronged, a stone for the proud And the Swarm rises up where the kings come down Death is just a season, and I am the spring A person should die the death they deserve And every cut I give has already been earned [Bridge] There was one I forgot — there was one I remembered Through the dragon's design and the war that we ended He said my name where the spark first ran And under the rot of the world, I was a person again Now they have taken my memory, taken my voice They wrote their creed on me that was never my choice I walked through Ravnica in a body of steel And the man I had loved, I told him to flee "Run, my love. The girl you knew is gone." Even in the unmaking, I had a song [Final Chorus] A person should die the death they deserve That's the only law I keep, that's the only word A throne for the wronged, a stone for the proud And the Swarm rises up where the kings come down Death is just a season — I am every spring I have been a queen, I have been a thing And a person should die the death they deserve But I — I have not yet earned mine [Outro] A person should die the death they deserve And I will live until I get mine
