Paper Crown (Rock)

Paper Crown (Rock) - HotPotMusic

You bought the script, played every part
Laughed on cue with a borrowed heart
Built yourself on shallow ground
Now you're asking why it all fell down

It’s a paper crown you wore too long
Now the ink has run, and the edge feels wrong
You shouted loud, but no one heard
You broke your voice with empty words
It’s a paper crown, too thin to keep
Now it folds each time you sleep

You carved your name where no one looked
Wrote your lines in someone’s book
Took their cheers like you were owed
Now the script feels cold and old

It’s a paper crown you wore too long
Now the ink has run, and the edge feels wrong
You shouted loud, but no one heard
You broke your voice with empty words
It’s a paper crown, too thin to keep
Now it folds each time you sleep

Now the lights are dim, and seats are bare
Your echo fades into the air
You held control like it was gold
But now your name just feels too cold

You chased applause like it was breath
But every cheer just masked the death
Of who you were before the show
Now you're lost in what you chose

It’s a paper crown you wore too long
Now the ink has run, and the edge feels wrong
You shouted loud, but no one heard
You broke your voice with empty words
It’s a paper crown, too thin to keep
Now it folds each time you sleep

That old facade begins to peel
The weight you wore was never real
The cracks don’t show from outer sight
But you feel them every night

It’s a paper crown you wore too proud
Torn by silence, not by crowd
You shouted loud, but lost the thread
The louder you were, the more it bled
It’s a paper crown with edges curled
And you're alone with your quiet world.

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