[Intro] [Instrumental] Velvet shadows on the staircase Whispers trailing where I pass Every portrait knows my surname Every echo from the past Silver glances, sharpened rumors Dancing underneath the skin They already wrote the ending Before I could begin [Verse 1] Silk-lined lies in every corridor Footsteps ringing crystal clear Smiles wrapped in quiet venom Dripping poison in my ear They say bloodlines never falter Say a serpent never bends But I walk between the daggers And I never break or end [Pre-Chorus] If a name is just a prison Then I’ll pick the lock tonight Let the legends choke on silence Watch me step into the light [Chorus] They paint me in emerald fire Write their sins into my skin But I choose the crown I’m wearing Not the cage they locked me in Hear the hush before the thunder Feel the truth beneath the gloss I’m the heir they tried to bury Now I’m carving out the cost [Verse 2] Mirrors bending in the moonlight Show a thousand different me’s Every version draped in shadows Every ghost that they believe But beneath the polished marble Underneath the noble mask Lives a heart that beats in defiance Every question that they ask [Pre-Chorus 2] If they fear what they created Let their kingdoms turn to dust I was never forged for hatred I was built to choose my trust [Saxophone Solo] [Chorus] They paint me in emerald fire Say my fate was always sealed But I write in sharper colors Every scar they tried to wield Hear the hush before the thunder Feel the storm behind my name I’m the truth they tried to silence Now I’m stepping through the flame [Bridge] Let the chandeliers go trembling Let the marble start to crack I can hear the future calling And I’m never turning back No more phantoms in the hallway No more chains beneath the skin If the dark is what they gave me I’ll decide what darkness means [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] They can drown me in their legends They can carve me into stone But a crown of shattered emerald Still belongs to me alone Hear the hush before the thunder Watch the old world fall apart I’m not bound to ancient venom I’m the author of this heart [Outro] Velvet shadows keep on fading Whispers turning into glass Every echo lost to silence As I leave them in the past No more cages made of surnames No more ghosts I have to be I was never born a villain I was born to just be me
