[Intro: Big dramatic orchestral brass stab, bombastic stadium percussion, faint melancholic strings] [Verse 1: Bold theatrical British male voice, commanding rap] Look at the room now, look how quick they came around! Feared is a different currency than the one that good guys found Every word lands heavier, every step gets watched close Turns out the villain gets more respect than the hero ever chose Playing the part so well I've got the whole crowd in the palm of my hand Nobody questions the man in the mask, nobody dares to understand! [Chorus: Grandiose orchestral hip-hop, explosive beat drop] Look at me now, look how loud the room gets! Playing the part, and nobody's got regrets! Big and bold, commanding every scene! (whispered, low melodic) ...nobody sees how hollow it's actually been. [Verse 2: Commanding rap, dramatic strings growing louder underneath] Every night's a bigger stage, every crowd a little louder still Got exactly what I asked for, standing right here at the top of the hill Should feel like winning, should feel like everything I wanted, finally, at last Instead it feels like watching someone else perform my past Nobody claps for the version of me that used to draw the plan They clap for the mask... never once for the actual man! [Chorus: Grandiose orchestral hip-hop] Look at me now, look how loud the room gets! Playing the part, and nobody's got regrets! Big and bold, commanding every scene! (whispered, low melodic) ...nobody sees how hollow it's actually been. [Bridge: Sudden stop, quiet melancholic solo strings, vulnerable spoken word] Wanted them to fear me because I couldn't get them to just see me. That's all this ever was. [Chorus: Full bombastic orchestral arrangement crashes back in] Look at me now, look how loud the room gets! Playing the part, drowning out the regrets! Big and bold, but somewhere underneath! (whispered, melodic) ...still that same kid who just wanted to be a hero, not a thief. [Outro: All drums drop out, slow fading melancholic strings, whispered spoken word] All this noise... and I've never felt more alone. [Fade Out Strings] [End]
