Heavy Is the Crown

"Heavy Is The Crown" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the fourth track on their eighth studio album, From Zero, and was released on September 24, 2024, through Warner Records and Machine Shop.

Background[]

The song served as the official theme of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship.

A new version recorded by Emily Armstrong and Mike Shinoda appears on the soundtrack of Arcane Season 2. It appears in, and is the title of the first episode of Arcane Season 2.

Lyrics[]

Emily Mike Both

It's pourin' in, you're laid on the floor again
One knock at the door and then
We both know how the story ends
You can't win if your white flag's out when the war begins
Aimin' so high but swingin' so low
Tryin' to catch fire but feelin' so cold
Hold it inside and hope it won't show
I'm sayin' it's not, but inside, I know

Today's gonna be the day you notice
'Cause I'm tired of explainin' what the joke is

This is what you asked for, heavy is the crown
Fire in the sunrise, ashes rainin' down
Try to hold it in, but it keeps bleedin' out
This is what you asked for, heavy is the-
Heavy is the crown

Turn to run, now look what it's become
Outnumbered, ten to one
Back thеn should've bit your tongue
'Cause thеre's no turnin' back this path once it's begun
You're already on that list
Say you don't want what you can't resist
Wavin' that sword when the pen won't miss
Watch it all fallin' apart like this

This is what you asked for, heavy is the crown
Fire in the sunrise, ashes rainin' down
Try to hold it in, but it keeps bleedin' out
This is what you asked for, heavy is the-
Heavy is the crown

Today's gonna be the day you notice
'Cause I'm tired of explainin' what the joke is

This is what you asked for...
This is what you asked for, heavy is the crown
Fire in the sunrise, ashes rainin' down
Try to hold it in but it keeps bleedin' out
This is what you asked for, heavy is the-
Heavy is the crown
Heavy is the crown
Heavy is the-, heavy is the crown

"From Zero (Intro)"
"The Emptiness Machine"
"Cut the Bridge"
"Heavy Is the Crown"

"Over Each Other"
"Casualty"
"Overflow"
"Two Faced"

"Stained"
"IGYEIH"
"Good Things Go"

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Emily Armstrong • Colin Brittain • Brad Delson • Phoenix • Joe Hahn • Mike Shinoda Chester Bennington† • Rob Bourdon
Albums	Hybrid Theory • Reanimation • Meteora • Minutes to Midnight • A Thousand Suns • Living Things • The Hunting Party • One More Light • From Zero
Other	Hybrid Theory EP • Collision Course • Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition • Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition • Lost Demos • Papercuts
Singles	"One Step Closer" • "Crawling" • "Papercut" • "In the End" • "Somewhere I Belong" • "Faint" • "Numb" • "From the Inside" • "Lying From You" • "Breaking the Habit" • "Numb/Encore" • "What I've Done" • "Bleed It Out" • "Shadow of the Day" • "New Divide" • "The Catalyst" • "Iridescent" • "Burn It Down" • "Lost in the Echo" • "Castle of Glass" • "Powerless" • "A Light That Never Comes" • "Guilty All the Same" • "Until It's Gone" • "Wastelands" • "Final Masquerade" • "Heavy" • "Talking to Myself" • "One More Light" • "She Couldn't" • "Lost" • "Fighting Myself" • "Friendly Fire" • "The Emptiness Machine" • "Heavy Is the Crown"
Side projects	Xero • Dead By Sunrise • Fort Minor • Grey Daze • Stone Temple Pilots • Julien-K • Projekt Revolution • Relative Degree • Styles of Beyond
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