[Verse 1] I come back to the same split seam in the ceiling Same stale air, same blue under morning Same hand at the back of my neck Same way the room tilts wrong At the rail, clean shoes, bright teeth Grinning like it’s all a show Like my twitch is a trick for the table Something easy to know A shoulder brushes past, eyes on me Like I’m just part of the scene A body to tap, a wire to pluck A name they won’t keep clean [Pre-Chorus] Never tallying the damage Only chasing the spark A little knot of hands Trying to leave a mark Then naming it plain talk When the match gets fed But the smoke in my ribs Still remembers me [Chorus] Tin crown parade All gloss, no weight Held up like proof Then buckling in place Tin crown parade Laughing when it caves All that borrowed shine Going thin in their hands [Verse 2] I’ve been split open by voices Talked down in rooms with glass Told to level out Like that could change the past Meanness dressed like manners Collars neat and pressed But the grin goes flat Where the bruise gets addressed Drinking from the spill Then calling it clean Hands held up spotless As if silence means clean [Pre-Chorus] It’s a small kind of power In a tin-sided cage Built on borrowed fear And a rented stage And when the room goes quiet Still wanting more They keep crowning a mirror And asking it to roar [Chorus] Tin crown parade All gloss, no weight Held up like proof Then buckling in place Tin crown parade Laughing when it caves All that borrowed shine Going thin in their hands [Bridge] But I know what stays When the haze won’t lift There’s a pulse in the wreckage Still making its shift I keep breathing through What they tried to name And the thing they built Won’t stay the same [Final Chorus] Tin crown parade All gloss, no weight Held up like proof Then buckling in place Tin crown parade Laughing when it caves You can stack up lies But you can’t hold flame Tin crown parade Tin crown parade What they called righteous Was just cruelty in a smile
