[Intro – Slow piano, echoing reverb, whispered delivery]
“I never asked to be king… I never asked to come back…”
“Now I’m drowning in blood that I swore I wouldn’t spill…”
“Everything I touch turns to ruin… still I fight.”
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[Verse 1 – Vulnerable, spoken-word cadence]
Ashes fall from a heaven that don’t love me,
Demons in my chest, beggin’ me to set ‘em free.
I built a kingdom, now I walk it like a ghost,
Told ‘em I was savin’ ‘em… I just needed hope.
Hands still bloody from the lives that I took,
Eyes see fire, I can’t even read books.
They see the crown, I see chains and a blade,
Buried all my feelings in the war I made.
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[Chorus – Explosive, distorted 808s kick in, yelling but melodic delivery]
Ashes in the crown, let it burn, let it rain!
Hearts in my hands and they screamin’ my name!
I ain’t never been the hero, I just carry the flame,
Now I’m fightin’ through the fire just to feel the pain!
Don’t call me king if it means I’m alone,
Don’t say peace if it come from a throne.
I was born in the storm, I became what they fear…
Now the Dragon King’s back — and I’m still right here.
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[Verse 2 – Screamed then whispered, raw emotional flip]
SCREAMED:
I don’t wanna save this world!
I just wanna break these chains!
Every time I give ‘em light,
They drag me back into the flame!
WHISPERED FALTERING:
…I’m sorry… I tried…
…I still see their faces in the night sky…
…They needed a god… but I died inside…
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[Bridge – Auto-tuned pain vocals over stripped beat]
Tell me why the crown feel like a curse…
Why I love people that I hurt first…
I gave the world all of me and it still bled…
Now the throne’s made of bones and the tears I shed…
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[Final Chorus – Merges vulnerability and fury]
Ashes in the crown, let it fall, let it break!
Everything I was, I became for their sake!
I ain’t holy, I ain’t whole, I ain’t safe —
But I’ll stand at the end, even if I break!
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[Outro – Fading heartbeat, X-style acoustic guitar plucks]
“I just wanted peace… but I was born a weapon.”
“Forgive me… or forget me.”
