VERSE 1 (Cm–Ab–Eb–G)
[Cm] I trusted you with quiet pieces,
[Ab] A heart I barely held together.
[Eb] You said you’d stand beside me,
[G] Said we’d weather storms forever.
[Cm] But you raised your throne above me,
[Ab] Asked for more than I could hold.
[Eb] Every step I took to please you
[G] Pulled me further from my own.
PRE-CHORUS 1 (Cm–Ab–Eb–G)
[Cm] You swore I’d fall apart,
[Ab] Break the moment I let go—
[Eb] Funny how the weight stopped crushing
[G] Once I walked alone.
CHORUS 1 (Cm–Eb–Bb–Ab)
[Cm] I left to find my path,
[Eb] And you branded me a traitor—
[Bb] But you changed long before I
[Ab] Ever learned to leave.
[Cm] You wanted royal loyalty
[Eb] From a heart you never favored—
[Bb] Expectations I could never
[Ab] Hope to meet.
[Cm] I was royalty in ruins,
[Eb] Bowing low beneath your crown—
[Bb] Too afraid
[Ab] To stand my ground.
VERSE 2 (Cm–Ab–Eb–G)
[Cm] You loved me when I bent the knee,
[Ab] Feared me when I tried to rise.
[Eb] Called your hunger “duty,”
[G] But it was chains in disguise.
[Cm] Thought I’d crawl back in the cold,
[Ab] Thought fear would drag me home—
[Eb] But stepping out from under you
[G] Is how I found my throne.
PRE-CHORUS 2 (Cm–Ab–Eb–G)
[Cm] The crown you wore was built on guilt,
[Ab] On debts I never owed—
[Eb] You crowned yourself with my exhaustion,
[G] Demanded I applaud your hold.
CHORUS 2 (Cm–Eb–Bb–Ab)
[Cm] I left to find my path,
[Eb] Call me traitor if you choose—
[Bb] But truth was always hiding
[Ab] In the wounds.
[Cm] You built your precious royalty
[Eb] On a heart you never catered—
[Bb] Then blamed me
[Ab] When your echo went unheard.
[Cm] I was royalty in ruins,
[Eb] Till I shattered what you broke—
[Bb] Now I rise
[Ab] Without your yoke.
OUTRO / SCREAM SECTION (Cm–G–Ab–F)
[Cm] You wanted fealty—
[G] I gave you fire.
[Ab] Called me traitor
[F] When I rose higher.
[Cm] Who betrayed who
[G] When you etched your will in stone?
[Ab] The “commoner” you molded
[F] Just broke your fragile throne.
[Cm] Your crown was a burden,
[G] Your praise was a cage—
[Ab] I shattered expectations
[F] You carved into my name.
[Cm] If that makes me villain
[G] In the kingdom you control—
[Ab] Then long live the traitor
[F] Who set fire to your throne.
[Cm] I crown myself—
[G] No longer owned.
[Ab] I rise in flame—
[F] And walk alone.