Verse 1
Private jets and velvet lies
Champagne smiles, dead in the eyes
Every room got secrets sealed
Every deal already signed and sealed
They shake hands in quiet tones
Build empires out of broken bones
Every whisper bought and sold
Truth gets buried, bought in gold
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Pre-Chorus
You won’t see it on the screen
But you know what I mean
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Chorus
There’s a black ledger, name by name
Every secret, every shame
They can hide it, they can pretend
But the list don’t ever end
Money talks, silence screams
Power built on dirty schemes
You can run but you can’t sever
What’s written in the black ledger
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Verse 2
Closed doors and coded calls
No witnesses inside those walls
Every favor comes with chains
Every crown comes soaked in stains
They rewrite it, clean the slate
Call it rumor, call it hate
But shadows stretch when lights go low
And truth ain’t something you can throw
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Pre-Chorus
You can dress it up in gold
But the cracks still show
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Chorus
There’s a black ledger, name by name
Every secret, every shame
They can hide it, they can pretend
But the list don’t ever end
Money talks, silence screams
Power built on dirty schemes
You can run but you can’t sever
What’s written in the black ledger
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Bridge
[Hush now, don’t say a word]
[Truth is louder when unheard]
Every lie stacked high and tall
Echoes when it starts to fall
You can bury, you can pay
But it never fades away
Every ghost you thought was gone
Still remembers what you’ve done
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Breakdown / Alt Chorus
Black ink, no erase
Every name, every face
No more silence, no disguise
You can’t outrun what survives
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Final Chorus
There’s a black ledger, name by name
Every secret, every shame
All the power, all the lies
Burning now in open eyes
Money fades but truth remains
Etched in more than just a name
You can run but not forever
Nothing hides from the ledger
RavenWilde
