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