The One Ring

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I swing like a pendulum over your heart.
I was forged to tear the continents apart,
For kings who want to watch the rivers choke.
I shrink to exactly sixteen millimeters wide,
Just enough to bite the skin and catch the bone.
But you just tuck me under the wool to hide.
You dream of water. You walk on.

[Chorus]
I am an engine of beautiful grief,
A lock that is waiting for the perfect hand.
But what can I do with a quiet belief?
How do I conquer what I can't command?
I offer you empires, ash and stone,
But you just want to go back home.
I am starving to death on a silver chain,
Terrified of a boy with a gentle name.

[Verse 2]
I sing to the pulse, I map the sweat,
I rewrite the schema of your hand to grip.
It’s a reflex now, a phantom step—
An index finger curving for the golden slip.
I show you banners tearing in the wind,
I show you dominion, iron and gold.
But you just shiver in your mortal skin,
And keep on walking through the bitter cold.

[Bridge]
It isn't the mountain that scares me now.
It isn't the fire in the cracks below.
It’s the terrible strength of a quiet brow,
The devastating violence of moving slow.
If you wanted the world, I could eat you alive.
But you don't want a thing. How do I breathe?

[Chorus]
I am an engine of beautiful grief,
A lock that is waiting for the perfect hand.
But what can I do with a quiet belief?
How do I conquer what I can't command?
I offer you empires, ash and stone,
But you just want to go back home.
I am starving to death on a silver chain,
Terrified of a boy with a gentle name.

[Outro]
Just put me on.
Just for a minute.
Look at the dark and the power in it.
Just put me on.
I'm so heavy today.
Just one little wish...
Don't drop me.