Crowned Myself(True)

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.