The Kingdom You Carry

You walk in like you own the square footage Every head turned before you cleared the door I've seen that smile land on a dozen men Left every single one of them unsure Yeah (unsure) Of what just happened You let me think I chose to stay around You handed me the version that you made I gave you everything I had to give And still walked out of there feeling unpaid Always less (always less) Than what you offered You don't need a kingdom You carry it whole And everything I give you Feeds something I can't control You're every knife wrapped in gold thread The kingdom you carry was never for me CLEOPATRA never needed a crown She just waited for the world to come down I keep swearing I am done with this I keep crawling back to the precipice Call it weakness (call it weakness) But your pull won't quit You speak and I forget what I was saying You look away and I re-read the room I used to think I had some kind of leverage You burned that down and kept the word resume Kept it close (kept it close) Like a spare weapon I'm not a man who bends on instinct I've held my ground through things that would break stone But something in the way you occupy a room Makes me feel like I'm the one who doesn't own Doesn't own (doesn't own) A single inch of this You don't move like a person You move like a tide And every wall I've ever built You've walked inside You're every knife wrapped in gold thread The kingdom you carry was never for me CLEOPATRA never needed a crown She just waited for the world to come down I stopped swearing I was done with this I stopped pretending at the precipice Call it surrender (call it surrender) I was yours from it I've named what you are I've written it down I've said it out loud In an empty room And then you called me And I answered And I answered Like I always do That's the part I Can't explain You're every knife wrapped in gold thread The kingdom you carry was built on my knees CLEOPATRA never needed a crown She just waited for the world to come down I don't swear it anymore I don't fight what I was made for Call it worship (call it worship) YOUR PULL WON'T QUIT