00:12He was just a boy with a voice like the sky
00:19Discovered in the lights, they said he could fly
00:23Took him from the small stage to the world in the night
00:29Signed the paper, smiling, didn't see the price
00:35Now the pyramid watches from posters on the wall
00:39One eye covered in every video call
00:42The grove whispers low when the cameras go dark
00:45Owls in the forest trading souls for a spark
00:48They promised the world if you give them your light
00:51But the boy in the mirror slowly died that night
00:54Shadows of the crown, they own what you became
01:00Trading innocence for the flashing flame
01:07Climb so high you forget your own name
01:11In the city of dreams where the pure hearts break
01:18Rise, rise, but the inside dies
01:21Number one on the charts still only at night
01:24The triangle glows where the lost boys cry
01:27In the empire of lies
01:30Only shadows survive
01:33Only shadows survive
01:43Years blurring hotels, the parties feel cold
01:46Friends turn to strangers, the stories get sold
01:49Every award feels heavier than gold
01:52Family fades distant, the truth stays untold
01:55They flash the old signs when the deal comes due
01:57Veil over one eye pretending it's new
02:00The boy who once laughed is a ghost in the suit
02:03Smiling for millions while screaming inside mute
02:07Was it talent or tether, the hustle or chain?
02:11Did the young dreamer sell more than his name?
02:14Now the crown sits heavy, the throne feels like stone
02:17And the child inside wonders when he can go home
02:22Shadows of the crown, they own what you became
02:28Trading innocence for the flashing flame
02:33Climb so high you forget your own name
02:38In the city of dreams where the pure hearts break
02:45Lights, flies, but the inside dies
02:48Number one forever
02:50Still empty inside
03:05The crown keeps shining
03:10But the boy disappeared
03:14In the shadows they made
03:18The truth remains here
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