PAPER CROWNS
Stone & Sparrow
(Three Female Voices Throughout)
[Intro]
RAVEN (spoken):
Every empire falls…
JUNE:
Every tower crumbles…
SCARLETT:
Every crown turns to dust…
ALL THREE:
In the end…
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[Verse 1]
RAVEN:
They sit on thrones above the crowd
JUNE:
Speaking promises loud and proud
SCARLETT:
Building kingdoms in their names
ALL THREE:
While ordinary people carry the pain
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[Pre-Chorus]
JUNE:
History remembers
SCARLETT:
History knows
RAVEN:
Nothing lasts forever
ALL THREE:
That’s how the story goes
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[CHORUS]
ALL THREE:
PAPER CROWNS!
(Paper Crowns!)
PAPER CROWNS!
(Paper Crowns!)
They shine like gold
Until the rain comes down
PAPER CROWNS!
They rule for a moment
Then they’re gone
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[Verse 2]
SCARLETT:
Another leader takes the stage
JUNE:
Another chapter, another page
RAVEN:
Different faces, same old game
ALL THREE:
The headlines change but the hunger remains
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[Pre-Chorus]
RAVEN:
The rivers keep flowing
JUNE:
The mountains still stand
SCARLETT:
Long after the rulers
ALL THREE:
Have slipped through our hands
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[CHORUS]
PAPER CROWNS!
(Paper Crowns!)
PAPER CROWNS!
(Paper Crowns!)
Built from power
Built from fear
Built to disappear
PAPER CROWNS!
They never last
For long
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[Bridge]
RAVEN:
Where are the kings of yesterday?
JUNE:
Where are the tyrants now?
SCARLETT:
Where are the men who thought they’d own the world?
ALL THREE:
Just names carved into stone somehow…
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[Build]
ALL THREE:
The earth remains
The rivers run
The children laugh
Beneath the sun
The stories live
The people stay
Long after power fades away
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[Guitar Solo]
(Soaring Southern Rock Guitar)
(Banjo joins)
(Crowd claps)
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[Final Chorus]
ALL THREE (powerful):
PAPER CROWNS!
(Paper Crowns!)
PAPER CROWNS!
(Paper Crowns!)
No throne survives
The hands of time
No empire owns the sky
PAPER CROWNS!
The people remain
When the crowns are gone
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[Outro]
RAVEN:
The crown fades…
JUNE:
The name fades…
SCARLETT:
The power fades…
ALL THREE:
But the human heart remains…
PAPER CROWNS…
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