Kingdom of One
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Kingdom of One Lyrics
First light, a sacrifice
Bird's eye, saw the signs
Cold nights will take your life
Reach out and touch your faith
Give up on everything
To carry the world on a string
[Pre-Chorus]
All you can give, all you can bear
All that you longed for, nothing compares
When nothing is sacred, no one is safe
[Chorus]
So you wanna play God? Come on
Is that all you got? Come on
Would you sell your soul? Burn it all
Everything that you love
Finally become second to none
In a kingdom of one
[Verse 2]
Dig down, far below
Lost souls feed the crows
Hell's fire keeps you warm
All you can give, all you can bear
Look to your heart, but nothing is there
When nothing is sacred, no one is safe
[Chorus]
So you wanna play God? Come on
Is that all you got? Come on
Would you sell your soul? Burn it all
Everything that you love
Finally become second to none
In a kingdom of one
In a kingdom of one
[Bridge]
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
[Chorus]
So you wanna play God? Come on
Is that all you got? Come on
Would you sell your soul? Burn it all
Everything that you love
Ash to ash, dust to dust
Everything and God above
Shed a tear, shed your blood
No, you cannot give enough
Finally become second to none
In a kingdom of one
About
One of the first songs released from the Game of Thrones inspired album For The Throne, Kingdom of One appears to be a warning aimed at one of the two queens, Cersei Lannister or Daenerys Targaryen.
Morris revealed the track in April 2019 on her Twitter account:
Q&A
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Maren Morris on contributing the song for the soundtrack:
Huge Game Of Thrones fan. And I knew that they were starting to look for songs for their final soundtrack. And so I’m really lucky and glad I got in when I did, because it was the final season. There were no more. So this was now or never for me as a Game Of Thrones fanatic to be a part of it in some small way. And it was such a cool project because all of the songs were living in that universe, but it was so diverse, the artists that were a part of that compilation project. But no, I’d never done anything like that before. I’ve had songs of mine be in TV shows or synced, but not a show of that magnitude. So that was a really fun thing to be a part of, and [I was] the only country artist on it. Just to get in my feels for that one and the fact that it was the first track, too. I felt so honored.
–via StereoGum (March, 2022)
- 1.Kingdom of One
- 3.Nightshade
- 4.Hollow Crown
- 5.Baptize Me
- 7.Turn on Me
- 11.Love Can Kill
