I made you king

I Made You King (Cold Aversion)

Tempo: ~68 BPM

Key: D minor

Lane: restrained R&B / authority-after-release

Rule: no pleading, no explanation, no excess

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Lyrics

Verse 1

You didn’t arrive loud

You were built in silence

I filled the space

You called it timing

You stood taller

Once I stayed

Funny how memory

Fades that way

Pre-Chorus

This isn’t blame

It’s placement

Chorus

I made you king

That’s all

No ceremony

No call

I made you king

And stepped aside

Power doesn’t linger

Where it’s already decided

Verse 2

I don’t revisit

What’s complete

I don’t rehearse

What’s obsolete

You speak like rise

Was self-taught

I don’t correct

I just note

Pre-Chorus (half)

Truth doesn’t chase

Chorus (shorter, colder)

I made you king

Remember or not

The crown still sits

Where it was placed

I made you king

That’s the line

Not what you gained

But who aligned

Bridge (one line, spoken-sung)

I don’t need acknowledgment — history does

Final Chorus (instrument drop, Rhodes + sub only)

I made you king

And I’m done giving

This isn’t loss

This is finishing

Outro

(near silence)

Names remain

Even when mouths don’t

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Delivery Notes

• Low register throughout

• Almost flat affect — calm, not cold-hearted

• Let pauses do the work

• No runs, no ad-libs

• Final line barely voiced, like a thought that already passed