[Verse 1: close-mic intimate female vocal, breathy and restrained] They drew a mountain on the slide An arrow climbing toward the sky Routine below Creation above No one ever asked us why Every promise pointed upward Every future looked the same As if every soul could climb Without changing who they became [Pre-Chorus: vocal rising, synth pulse building] The work moved first The people stayed Waiting for tomorrow To explain today [Chorus: soaring anthemic female vocal, layered harmonies] King of the hill Everyone climbs Chasing a place Too small for all Higher and higher The mountain stands While the ground Disappears beneath our hands King of the hill Who still belongs When the hill moves too? [Verse 2: intimate vocal, warmer pulse] The machine didn't take the throne It learned the roads that led us there The things we thought Would always prove Someone worthy of the chair Years became A second skin Built one careful day at a time Then suddenly The path was gone Long before we reached the climb [Pre-Chorus: brighter tension, drums building] The organization moved Faster than a life A title changed Before a person could [Chorus: fuller vocal, layered harmonies] King of the hill Everyone climbs Searching the summit One step behind Higher and higher The promise calls But not every future Has room for us all King of the hill Who still belongs? [Bridge: intimate spoken-sung female vocal, cinematic build] No one betrayed us No one lied The mountain simply Changed its height The work kept moving The people carried The names they used to be [Final Chorus: full cinematic lift, layered female vocals] King of the hill The lights still shine The chairs remain The names survive But something changed Long before Anyone stood Outside the door King of the hill We kept climbing While the mountain Walked away [Outro: whispered female vocal, fading synth pulse] The hill is still there Only Higher
