[Verse 1 – Warm male baritone, soft and reflective, accompanied by gentle violins. Sing with a tender, breathy delivery and light vibrato.]
I stare at the throne where you once stooood… (long echo fades into the violins)
The halls are quiet without your voice.
Years have passed without your haaaand… (extended note with soft echo)
And every day I make a choice.
Will this palace ever know peace?
Will my deeds make you proud?
I search these walls for a single word,
But silence answers loud.
[Pre-Chorus – Voice grows slightly stronger, carrying both sadness and determination.]
So I stand where you once stood,
Though my hands still shake.
I carry all that’s left of us,
For our family’s sake.
[Chorus – Full, emotional voice. Rich vibrato on longer notes.]
I’m just a boy,
Who learned too fast to stand,
Protecting every stone my father built by haaand…
I’m just a boy,
Who’s waiting for your return,
So Mother can finally rest,
So her weary heart won’t burn.
I’m just a boy…
[Violin Solo – A mournful melody, allowing the last words to linger.]
[Verse 2 – Quieter again, as if speaking to an absent father.]
When did these halls become a battlefield?
When did laughter disappear?
When did Mother’s voice become
A shadow filled with fear?
I call your name into the dark,
But only echoes stay.
So I’ll become the man I need,
And hold the night away.
[Bridge – Growing intensity. Each question becomes more urgent.]
When does a throne become a burden?
When does a promise become a chain?
When does protecting those you love
Become another kind of pain?
When does a wound become a scar?
When does a scar become a name?
When does a frightened little boy
Become the one they cannot save?
[Final Chorus – Powerful and emotional, but never shouted. Let the final lines feel hopeful.]
I’m just a boy,
Trying not to break,
Holding all you’ve left behind,
For everybody’s sake.
I’m just a boy,
But I will hold this home,
Until the day you walk these halls,
And we are not alone.
I’m just a boy…
Just a booooy… (gentle vibrato, fading into the violins)
