[Intro] Outcasted Outcasted [Verse 1] You loved the work before you knew my place Before the room could tell you what to see Then every smile learned someone else's face And every warm hand loosened quietly Kings at the table, queens by the doorway One little nod decides what's gold I praised what moved me, never what was hollow That was enough to leave me in the cold [Chorus] Outcasted That's what honesty costs in your circle Outcasted When I won't call ashes a miracle Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours Pass the praise from hand to hand But applause can't make bad music beautiful And silence can't make good music less [Verse 2] I sang for children under sirens For hungry rooms and broken homes I sang of love, of war, of power You never weighed the work alone The moment whispers named me trouble Your warmest voices learned to freeze Because the crown decides the answer Before the music reaches ears So ashes rise beneath your cheering While living flames are left outside [Chorus] Outcasted That's what honesty costs in your circle Outcasted When I won't call ashes a miracle Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours Pass the praise from hand to hand But applause can't make bad music beautiful And silence can't make good music less [Bridge] Maybe the song was never on trial Maybe the room was testing you If you loved it before they named me Whose ears did you borrow after? [Break] You need a circle to make ashes golden I need one thought and a room alone You trade applause until it sounds like truth I make what wasn't there before Erase the name, keep the blueprint Dress the echo up as something new You can lock the maker outside your circle You cannot manufacture the mind [Final Chorus] We are the outcasted The ones who wouldn't learn to kneel The outcasted Who won't praise what we don't feel Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours Keep the bargain, keep the throne A thousand hands can crown the ashes They still can't turn the ashes gold [Outro] If every ash is called a fire While every true flame starves outside If applause matters more than music How long before the music dies? Outcasted [End] ©Quantum Soul 2026 All rights reserved
