[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
