[Verse 1]
Born a stranger in a cold court hall
New name on a gold-plated door
Learned the language
Learned the long dark halls
Kept her secrets on the stone-tiled floor
Whispers riding through the candle haze
Letters hidden in the wedding lace
Young and clever in a lion’s cage
Eyes already on a bigger stage
[Chorus]
Katharina
Katharina
You were thunder under glass
Turned a palace into fire
Turned a moment into past
From the river to the border
You were writing out your law
Dancing on a loaded powder keg
Katharina die Große
[Verse 2]
Hearts and armies in a tight red glove
Treaties folded in the folds of love
Maps spread open on a long oak desk
Lines redrawn with a single breath
Winter marching on a frozen plain
Steel and velvet in a single name
Feasts at midnight
Plans at dawn
Every toast another kingdom won
[Chorus]
Katharina
Katharina
You were thunder under glass
Turned a palace into fire
Turned a moment into past
From the river to the border
You were writing out your law
Dancing on a loaded powder keg
Katharina die Große
[Bridge]
Saint or sinner
They could not decide
But they still breathe your story at night
Many crowns
But there’s only one ghost
Still pacing those endless corridors
[Chorus]
Katharina
Katharina
You were thunder under glass
Turned a palace into fire
Turned a moment into past
From the river to the border
You were writing out your law
Dancing on a loaded powder keg
Katharina die Große