[Intro] (slow, melancholic acoustic guitar fingerpicking) (pausing for breath) [Verse 1] (softly, close to the mic) You built a museum just to house my name. Polished the marble, ignored the stains. I told you I was terrified of heights, But you just smiled and pointed at the lights. (slight hesitation) I held my breath so I wouldn't move, Scared I'd shatter the man you thought you knew. [Pre-Chorus] (building anxiety, pacing quickens slightly) Oxygen gets thin when you're a god in someone's eyes. I was just a ghost wearing a golden disguise. Waiting for the slip. Waiting for the slide. [Chorus] (voice breaking, emotional release) You put me up on a pedestal so high. Where the air is cold and the angels cry. I was heavy with the truth, you were blinded by the view. I never stood a chance of being him for you. (dropping to a whisper) Then the marble cracked... and she said goodbye. [Verse 2] (gentle strums, conversational and raw) It started with a Friday, I drank a little much. Said a cruel word, ruined the velvet touch. I watched your face fall, a tragedy in real-time, Realizing your masterpiece was committing a crime. I'm just flesh and bone, honey, I bleed red. Not the flawless savior living in your head. [Pre-Chorus] (building tension, heavier strums) Oxygen gets thin when you're a god in someone's eyes. I was just a man caught inside your lullabies. Waiting for the slip. Waiting for the slide. [Chorus] (soaring but pained, layered harmonies on the second line) You put me up on a pedestal so high. Where the air is cold and the angels cry. I was heavy with the truth, you were blinded by the view. I never stood a chance of being him for you. (dropping to a whisper) Then the marble cracked... and she said goodbye. [Acoustic Guitar Solo] (raw, dynamic strumming, emotional and slightly dissonant) (letting the chords ring out to breathe) [Bridge] (hushed, intimate, almost spoken) I wanted to be the light in your dark. But I couldn't survive the spark. You loved the altitude, I hated the drop. You can't catch a falling man once he leaves the top. [Chorus] (stripped back, just voice and single guitar plucks) You put me up on a pedestal so high. (gradually adding rhythmic strums) I never stood a chance, no matter how I'd try. I was heavy with the truth, you were blinded by the view. I never stood a chance of being him for you. [Outro] (slowly fading, melancholic picking returns) Now I'm just rubble on the floor. (voice cracking) And you don't look up anymore. (barely a whisper) I never stood a chance... Then she said goodbye. (final sustained chord, lingering silence)
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