Where Music Becomes Emotion, Written In Lyrics By Laetitia Rose β™›β‹†β˜ΎπŸ–€β˜½β‹†β™›.β™›β‹†β˜ΎπŸ–€β˜½β‹†β™›.β™›β‹†β˜ΎπŸ–€β˜½β‹†β™›.β™›β‹†β˜ΎπŸ–€β˜½β‹†β™› [Intro – whispered] Everyone lowers their eyes when you enter the room. I never learned how. Maybe that's why you keep looking at me. [Verse 1] You wear your silence like a crown, perfect posture, sharpened words, watching everybody from above like you've already conquered their world. Then I take the seat beside you, steal the book beneath your hand. You give me that murderous stare. God, Tom... I love it when I ruin your plans. You search for every weakness, every secret underneath my skin. But every time you think you've found me, I change the game again. [Pre-Chorus] You want to understand me. I want to know why that frightens you. Because everybody fears Tom Riddle... and somehow, I only see you. [trembling Violin] [Chorus] My King, take off your crown tonight. You don't have to rule me, you don't have to win this fight. Come closer. Let the darkness breathe. If your heart is really empty, why does it beat so hard whenever you're touching me? My King, you can lie to everyone you know. But when those dark eyes find mine, there's nowhere left to go. [Verse 2] You leave a book beside my bed and swear you don't know how it came. The exact edition I was searching for. Of course. What a strange coincidence again. You remember how I take my tea, which spells I hate, the songs I hum beneath my breath when studying too late. Then pretend you haven't noticed. Tom, you're brilliant... but you're terrible at this. [Pre-Chorus] You know every move before somebody makes it. But I touch your hand and suddenly you hesitate. For one beautiful second, the great Tom Riddle doesn't know what comes next. [Chorus] Your Majesty, take off your crown tonight. You don't have to rule me, you don't have to win this fight. Come closer. Let the darkness breathe. If your heart is really empty, why does it beat so hard whenever you're touching me? My King, you can lie to everyone you know. But when those dark eyes find mine, there's nowhere left to go. [Post-Chorus – breathy] Don't analyze me. Don't calculate this. Just... feel it. [Verse 3] Sometimes I catch you watching me from across the common room. Not like prey. Not like a puzzle. Something softer. Something you would hate if I gave it a name too soon. So I don't. I sit beside you instead. My knee against yours. Your fingers close around my wrist when I start to leave. Not hard. Almost frightened. And that's when I understand... You're not afraid that I'll discover your darkness. You're afraid I'll see what's underneath. [Bridge – intimate, slowly building] Let me. Let me see the boy behind the perfect words. Behind the ambition. Behind the name everyone whispers like a curse. I won't kneel before you. I won't worship your throne. But I will sit beside you when the whole castle sleeps and remind you that you don't have to be alone. [Violins climb higher as guitars become increasingly distorted] You can have your secrets. You can have your pride. Just don't look me in the eyes and tell me there's nothing inside. Because I've felt your hands tremble. I've heard your breathing change. I've watched Tom Riddle disappear every time you whisper my name. SO SAY IT. Tell me I'm only a distraction. Tell me this is strategy. Tell me every stolen glance is another calculation. Go on. Lie beautifully. You always do. But don't pull me against your chest and expect me not to hear the truth. You want control? Then control your heartbeat. Control your hands. Control the way you look at me like I'm the one thing you never planned. [Final Chorus] Your Majesty, leave your crown outside tonight. No throne. No heirs. No endless war inside your mind. Just Tom. Just me. And all the things we're terrified to need. If loving you means standing where your shadows grow, I'll stand there willingly. Not beneath you. Not behind you. Beside you. Always beside you. And if the world remembers Tom Riddle as a name they learned to fear, I'll remember midnight conversations, books beside my bed, your forehead touching mine, and the only moments when you let yourself be human here. [Outro – whispered] Everyone lowers their eyes when you enter the room. I still don't. And now... when nobody's watching, neither do you.