[Intro – rising orchestration, distant rumble] They crowned it permanent. They swore it was stone. But the ground had a pulse. [Verse 1 – harsh] They built a kingdom over a sinkhole Painted the cracks with gold Hung banners from broken towers Called the trembling “controlled” I was born beneath the courtyard Where the marble floors would sigh Every feast above my head Felt like dirt inside my eyes They said “Stand up straight, you’re royalty” While the tiles beneath me bent Every oath was just a sandbag Every promise badly spent [Pre-Chorus – escalating] You ever hear a throne creak? Like ribs before they snap? You ever feel a nation tilt But they tell you it’s your back? [Chorus – orchestral, harsh layered] Long live the kingdom Long live the lie Long live the child Buried alive Crown me in concrete Call it divine We were just mortar Filling the line [Verse 2 – blast beats] The ballroom chandeliers shook dust Into the open wounds below They danced above the fracture While I memorized the groan The sinkhole didn’t open fast It swallowed slow and deep Every time I said “Something’s wrong” They told me “That’s just how we keep.” Keep quiet. Keep loyal. Keep smiling through the slide. [Breakdown – slow, crushing] Crack. Shift. Drop. You can’t build permanence On rot. [Bridge – layered shrieks and lows] I felt the pillars lean inward Like hands around a throat The higher they raised the ceiling The faster we lost hope [Final Chorus – catastrophic] Long live the kingdom Splinter and dive Long live the crown That couldn’t survive If this is family Then let it fall I won’t be rubble Under it all [Outro – orchestral collapse] The throne split first. Then the walls. Then the silence.
