QTC The Contrarian King (Studio Version)

[INTRO] [VERSE 1] Everybody watching Everybody scrolling Everybody searching For someone to tell them who they are Everybody following (following) Nobody leading (leading) Everybody kneeling Before the glowing altar [PRE-CHORUS] The signal has consumed The signal has repeat The signal has become a copy on the street Another trending prophet, another perfect face Another weekly movement running the same old race Everybody wants belonging, everybody wants applause Nobody wants the question, nobody wants the cause Head down, eyes closed, same road, same door [CHORUS] I feel the pressure pushing from all sides Everybody falling, everybody blind They want my thoughts, they want my name They want me inside their game I am the contrarian king, breaking everything I am the contrarian king, outside the machine No crown, no throne, no master over me I am the contrarian king, and I refuse to be programmed [POST-CHORUS] Not Not programmed Not controlled, not owned, not sold [VERSE 2] Everybody picks a tribe, everybody picks a flag Everybody wears a label, everybody wears a tag They monetize the dream, they package every fear They build another prison, then tell you freedom’s here The algorithm watches every weakness in the room Every doubt, every hunger, every insecurity consumed If the crowd runs east, I move west If they call that wrong, then so be it If they tell me kneel, I stay standing If they build a wall, I go through it [BRIDGE] I hear the static, I hear the lies I see the panic in their eyes If everybody moves one way That’s the road I’ll never take [CHORUS] I am the contrarian king, breaking everything I am the contrarian king, outside the machine No crown, no throne, no master over me I am the contrarian king, and I refuse to be programmed [OUTRO] Think, question, doubt, exist Think, question, doubt, exist Think, question, doubt, doubt, exist Think, question, doubt Maybe freedom feels lonely, maybe that’s the price Maybe truth feels colder than comfortable disguise They can keep their trends They can keep their stars They can keep their idols They can keep their masks I am the contrarian king, breaking everything I am the contrarian king, outside the machine No crown, no throne, no master over me I am the contrarian king, and the machine does not own me I am the contrarian king, and the machine does not own me