00:05Whispers in the marble halls
00:11Lights so bright they blind
00:43I was 23, fresh off the plane
00:47Dreams in my suitcase, heart unchained
00:49They said smile, pretty sign right here
00:52City of angels, but the wings disappear
00:54Red carpets glowing, flashes in my eyes
00:58Parties in the hills where the real stars hide
01:03Handshakes and whispers, private jets at night
01:08They promised the world if you'd just play nice
01:13But something in the laughter felt too perfectly timed
01:18Eyes watching from shadows, secrets in the twig
01:23Oh, the lights are calling, pulling me
01:28Under golden cages
01:31Thunder in the wonder
01:34They own the rhythm, they write the song
01:37But in the silence I know something's wrong
01:39Veil of lights, so beautiful, so bright
01:43Dancing on the edge of endless night
02:08Met the moguls with their quiet power plays
02:10Names in black books from forgotten days
02:13Facts to the islands, stories they suppress
02:15Smiles for the cameras, but the truth undressed
02:18Friends in high places, fixing every scene
02:21Contracts and blood that you never see
02:23I sang their anthems, wore their perfect skin
02:26But the mirror cracked when the mask slipped in
02:29They said it was a game, just play along
02:33Psy-ops in the charts, control the song
02:38Little black books, lights that never land
02:40Hollywood's underbelly, sleight of hand
02:42I was the shiny new face, the perfect lure
02:45But the strings above me made the moves obscure
02:50The rail is lifting
02:53Can't you see the strings?
02:56C-I-I dreams
02:58And island kings
03:00Epstein's ghost and every deal they make
03:03We're all just players in their endless way
03:06Sailors are simple, but the web runs deep
03:08Twenty-three horizon, no, I cannot sleep
03:10Well, the lights were calling, now I break the night
03:15This is the truth, say, buried out of sight
03:25I sing for the girls still chasing lights
03:34Wake up
03:36The empire has no rights
04:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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