[Verse 1]
She walks in velvet hush
No need to raise her chin
Every room bends first
Then asks to let her in
White gloves, black stare
A ledger in her hand
She turns their pretty lies
To dust beneath her plan
I saw her move the line
Like chess across a flame
The girls in matching coats
Now speak her sacred name
[Pre-Chorus]
Said she wants the truth
So she learned the cost
Made the soft ones sharp
And the cruel get lost
[Chorus]
Madame, Madame
She don’t break, she crowns
Madame, Madame
Turns their hunger down
Silent driver, truth rider
Head high, no fear
Madame, Madame
The witness is here
[Verse 2]
She made the service girls
Stand tall in borrowed gold
Fed them maps and names
And never bent her soul
Every smile was steel
Every bow a dare
She kept the door half-open
For the ones who’d been shut out there
And if they came for blood
She came with light instead
One hand on the hidden door
One hand on what was said
[Pre-Chorus]
Said she wants the truth
So she learned the cost
Made the soft ones sharp
And the cruel get lost
[Chorus]
Madame, Madame
She don’t break, she crowns
Madame, Madame
Turns their hunger down
Silent driver, truth rider
Head high, no fear
Madame, Madame
The witness is here
[Bridge]
[Strings rise]
Let them whisper low
Let them circle blind
She was built for nights
That would shake the spine
Not a borrowed name
Not a polite disguise
She pulls the curtain back
With those hard bright eyes
[Final Chorus]
Madame, Madame
She don’t break, she crowns
Madame, Madame
Turns their hunger down
Silent driver, truth rider
Head high, no fear
Madame, Madame
The witness is here
Madame, Madame
House full of smoke and gold
Madame, Madame
Still the truest soul
Silent driver, truth rider
Never moving small
Madame, Madame
She stands through it all