Verse 1 Found you matching tempos in a quiet room Built up your foundation just to watch it bloom Put my finest style on, dressed up for the show Gave you my horizon, taught you how to glow But you were just an echo playing in the dark Hiding in the shadows, running from the spark Pre-Chorus And it’s crazy how I stayed up late to build your crown Working twice as hard just to keep you from crashing down Yeah, I fed the fire while you played the ghost Now I’m looking at the ghost that I loved the most... Chorus Tell me how does it feel up there on my throne? Living in a kingdom that you couldn't build alone Yeah, you took my light, tried to make it yours to keep But the prize is mine, and the victory is deep Now you’re standing in the cold where the shadow blends And I’m catching my breath as the music ends (Yeah, I'm breathing out as the music ends) Verse 2 Woke up to the numbers climbing up the wall Turns out I didn’t need your phantom crown at all While you were sitting stagnant, frozen in a frame Real people started listening, shouting out my name I’m looking at the metrics, laughing at the screen The prettiest wake-up call that I have ever seen Chorus Tell me how does it feel up there on my throne? Living in a kingdom that you couldn't build alone Yeah, you took my light, tried to make it yours to keep But the prize is mine, and the victory is deep Now you’re standing in the cold where the shadow blends And I’m catching my breath as the music ends Bridge (Tempo slows down, heavy atmospheric synths) No more working overtime to style up a ghost No more losing sleep for what mattered to me most I took my work ethic, turned it inside out Paid myself the royalties and silenced every doubt You were just a lesson fading in the wind Watch the rocket take off where your fiction ends! Outro (Deep pulsing bass fades out) Yeah, where your fiction ends... Gave you my horizon. But I kept the sky. (Breathing out) Yeah, I kept the sky.
