Heavy Lies The Crown Lyrics - Machine Head

Call me the spider king, I creep along the night 

I weave a web so dense, once caught there is no flight 

So delicate the strands I weave around my victims taut 

The terror suffocates their shattered afterthoughts 

I feel their envy, heavy lies the crown 

Heavy lies the crown 

Call me the spider king, men sharpen blades behind 

Caught in the light of greed, the prize infects their minds 

They fly too close to flames of fame and withered vanity 

Like moths they're drawn towards the inhumanity 

I hear their envy, heavy lies the crown 

And so I send my spies to watch the guilty seethe 

Devise a twisted plot and gently pull the strings 

I slink along the boulevards and listen to the streets 

The avenues and gutters give me truth to speak 

Related 

The 18 Greatest Revenge Songs of All Time 

LATEST SONG: Katy Perry - 'Harleys In Hawaii' - LYRICS 

NEW SONG: YoungBoy Never Broke Again - 'Lonely Child' - LYRICS 

I hear their envy, heavy lies the crown 

Call me the spider king, these fiends show no respect 

Their blinded loyalties, the balance that I check 

I hear them sharpen knives behind my back 

A moment frozen, let them open fire 

See the hatred that burns through my eyes 

And remember the pain I'll inflict on you 

Before the dawn 

Suffer my vengeance 

Suffer my vengeance 

So many cannons have been aimed at me 

They raise the guillotine at full speed 

The bayonets of men they clash and ring 

The battle's ashen sting, it recedes 

The bodies burning in a blaze of heat 

The screams of agony and lost pride 

These men go off to die, for war and countryside 

The revving engine of the war machine 

Draining it as it feeds on the weak 

They try to resurrect the violent seed 

Into a hangman's tree of deceit 

The choice made out on the battleground 

Through history resound 

The weight would crush you down 

Cause heavy lies the crown 

Heavy lies the crown 

I smell the fear these men disguise as their love 

The hints of their betrayal, it fires my blood 

So many knives have missed my back to put me down 

The weight would crush you down 

Cause heavy lies the crown 

Don't put me on a pedestal 

I lay there for you all to see 

I never wanted any war 

Save me from the hate below 

Envy seeps from every pore 

Jealousy is your just reward 

This is a warning to you all 

Don't ever try to plot my fall 

I'll put you six feet in the ground 

Heavy lies the crown