[Intro] The clouds were level with my eyes The world a map beneath the glass [Verse 1] I wore a crown of hammered gold And called the distance proof of height Each mirror bent the room to me Each silence bowed and held its light I built my name above the weather Where gravity was just a tale The frost could not reach through the windows The fire could not touch the veil [Pre-Chorus] One small seam ran through the silver A voice asked who was here with me I struck the question from the chamber And named my anger majesty [Chorus] I flew too near the sun I made I raised a tower past the birds This golden cage, this heavy face Won’t lift for any human hands The higher still, the thinner air The brighter flame, the colder throne I wore my pride like iron glass Now every shard knows I’m alone [Verse 2] You were counters on my table Small dark pieces in a game I never bent to say I’m sorry Never asked a soul to stay I watched your shadows cross the marble And mistook their leaving for defeat I kept the door locked from the inside Then blamed the world beyond the keep [Pre-Chorus] That hairline widened in the mirror The quiet gathered at my feet I called the tremor disobedience And stamped until the stone gave way [Bridge] Hear the pillars split below me Feel the floor unlearn my name The tower tilts; the clouds are falling Cold glass opens into flame This mask has fused against my features This crown has sunk beneath my skin I reach—there is no hand to find me Only all the space I built within [Final Chorus] I flew too near the sun I made I raised a tower past the birds This golden cage, this heavy face Won’t lift for any human hands The higher still, the thinner air The brighter flame, the colder throne I wore my pride like iron glass Now every shard says: you’re alone [Outro] A crown rolls down the empty stair One final echo thins to air No mirror left to answer me No ground, no sky, no company