Paper Crown

You love that crown, don’t you?

Love the way they say your name

Built a throne out of attention

Now you think that makes you great

You need a room full of eyes just to know you exist

Need another man’s attention like a chemical fix

Call it confidence, I call it panic dressed in gold

‘Cause the second no one’s watching, you got nothing left to hold

You cheated for the rush, then blamed me for the fall

That’s not power, that’s insecurity begging for applause

You think breaking someone’s trust means you’re hard to replace

Nah, it means you needed strangers just to validate your face

Big ego, thin skin

That’s the joke you’re living in

Act untouchable outside

But need everybody’s eyes

I finally figured you out

That’s why this cuts so deep

You don’t love who you are

You love who people think they see

Paper crown, plastic throne

Tell me who are you alone?

When the messages go quiet

And nobody wants your phone

You can call yourself a ten

You can swear I lost the best

But if you’re really that secure

Why you need the fucking rest?

You had me thinking I was crazy while you covered every track

That’s a funny kind of confidence, terrified of getting caught

Had excuses stacked like cards, till I pulled one from the base

Then your whole little palace fell and truth walked in its place

You cried, but not for me, you cried because the mask got cracked

Couldn’t stand somebody seeing what was hiding underneath that act

That’s why you rewrite the story, make me bitter, make me cruel

’Cause admitting you were wrong would fucking shatter what you built

Big ego, thin skin

That’s the joke you’re living in

Act untouchable outside

But need everybody’s eyes

Keep calling yourself rare

Keep feeding that disease

Diamonds don’t spend every night

Convincing people they’re unique

Paper crown, plastic throne

Tell me who are you alone?

When the messages go quiet

And nobody wants your phone

You can call yourself a ten

You can swear I lost the best

But if you’re really that secure

Why you need the fucking rest?

Here’s the part that’ll hurt: I don’t hate you anymore

Hate would mean you’re still important, still worth fighting for

I just see the mechanism, every button, every gear

Every thirst trap screaming “Please remind me why I’m here”

You don’t chase love, you chase proof that you can still be chased

Collecting hearts like little trophies just to decorate the space

Narcissus had the water, you got followers instead

Same reflection, newer mirror, same obsession in your head

Big ego, thin skin

Now I know what lives within

All that confidence gets quiet

When attention isn’t there

I don’t need revenge

The truth does more than me

Your worst nightmare is a room

Where nobody fucking sees

Paper crown, plastic throne

Now I know who you are alone

Just a fevered little ego

Terrified of being unknown

You can tell yourself I lost you

If that helps you fucking sleep

But I didn’t lose a queen

I lost someone playing one for