Shame Upon the Crown

Lyrics

Intro

thunder, low brass, military snare

They marched beneath a royal flag,
And watched the ancient treaties drag.
They spoke of honour, law and grace,
While taking nations from their place.

Verse 1

heavy guitars and pounding drums

You built your fortunes on the land,
With stolen power in your hand.
You called it order, called it peace,
While demanding that their freedoms cease.
You took their children from their homes,
And silenced songs in distant rooms.
You called it duty, called it right,
But history brings the truth to light.

Pre-Chorus

accelerating strings

Where was your honour? Where was your shame?
When families suffered in progress’s name?
Where was your justice? Where was your care?
When mothers cried and you weren’t there?

Chorus

explosive full choir

SHAME! SHAME UPON THE CROWN!
FOR THE LIVES YOU TRIED TO BREAK DOWN!
SHAME UPON THE SYSTEMS THAT STOLE,
THE LANGUAGES, THE LAND, THE SOUL!
NO MORE GLORY FOR THE LIE!
LET THE TRUTH BE LIFTED HIGH!
THE PEOPLE STOOD, THE PEOPLE REMAIN,
AND HISTORY SHALL SPEAK THEIR PAIN!

Verse 2

double-time drums

The records speak, the witnesses rise,
No polished monument conceals the lies.
A nation cannot heal its past,
By hiding wounds that run so vast.
Let every broken pledge be named,
Let every cruel design be shamed.
Not blood or birth, but deeds we weigh,
And justice calls for change today.

Bridge

music stops, spoken voice

The disgrace is not a people’s ancestry.
The disgrace is the injustice committed.
The disgrace is the power that knew and refused to listen.

Final Chorus

brass, choir, thunderous percussion

SHAME! SHAME UPON THE CROWN!
LET THE WALLS OF SILENCE TUMBLE DOWN!
LET THE RECORDS SPEAK, LET THE NATIONS RISE,
LET THE TRUTH STAND TALL BEFORE OUR EYES!

Outro

brass fades into a single drumbeat

A crown may shine with borrowed gold,
But truth is worth far more to hold.