Swallowing the Crown

Verse 1 I found it in the ashes Where they said I lost my name Gold teeth on the edges Still hot from the flame Everybody wanted power But nobody wanted pain They praised me when I bled out Then called me hard to save Pre-Chorus I used to beg the room To tell me I was chosen Now I wear the silence Like a vow I never broke Chorus I’m swallowing the crown So nobody can take it Let it cut all the way down I was born to face it If royalty means bleeding Then I’ll bleed without a sound You can’t pull it from my hands I’m swallowing the crown Verse 2 They polished up my suffering And called it destiny Put diamonds on my bruises Then bowed like they loved me But I know what the throne costs I know what the gold hides A kingdom full of mirrors And a child still inside Pre-Chorus I used to want the spotlight Now I want my spirit back If I have to be the ruler I’ll rule from where I cracked Chorus I’m swallowing the crown So nobody can take it Let it cut all the way down I was born to face it If royalty means bleeding Then I’ll bleed without a sound You can’t pull it from my hands I’m swallowing the crown Bridge Down my throat, through my chest Past the grief I never confessed Past the names they tried to give me Past the ghosts that wouldn’t lift me Let it settle in my bones Let it melt into my scars I don’t need a throne to prove I was made from falling stars Final Chorus I’m swallowing the crown Not for glory, not for mercy I’m done kneeling to the ones Who only loved me when it hurt me If I choke, I’ll still rise With gold burning in my mouth You can’t steal what lives inside I’m swallowing the crown Outro No velvet, no applause No kingdom gathered ’round Just me and all my power Swallowing the crown