00:03They tried to warn us
00:11In the dark between the beats
00:30They put the crown on your head
00:34Let the lights kiss your name
00:38You sold out every arena
00:41But the bank stayed the same
00:44Paper-thin promises
00:49Ink that never dries
00:53They clapped while you flew higher
00:56Then clipped the only wings that fly
01:01He thought the stage was freedom
01:06He thought the gold was yours
01:09But every note you gave them
01:12Became another locked door
01:16They tried to warn us
01:19The machine don't love the song
01:23It only loves the ownership
01:27The dead that'll last life long
01:31If you don't own the masters
01:35Then the masters own the song
01:38They tried to warn us
01:42Now the truth is taking control
01:48The moonwalker stood outside the glass towers
01:52With a banner that burned in the light
01:55He refused to sell the treasure map of every song
01:59They wanted his empire that night
02:03The northern king dropped the lawsuit like a bomb
02:07After the strings were twisted and sold
02:10The symbol painted one word across his cheek
02:14And walked away from the name they controlled
02:17The builder raised an endless staircase in silence
02:21Then vanished with the real prize the next dawn
02:25The crazy trio sold ten million shining records
02:28And still went bankrupt before the year was gone
02:33The velvet voice demanded every coin they stole
02:37Then the highway took a quiet and cold
02:41One by one they stood up
02:43One by one the machine pushed back
02:46Some got free, some got silence
02:48Some never made it back
02:50They tried to warn us
02:54The machine don't love the song
02:58It only loves the ownership
03:02The dead that'll last life long
03:06If you don't own the masters
03:09Then the masters own the song
03:13They tried to warn us
03:16Now the truth is taking control
03:37Look closer
03:39The contracts were never about the music
03:42They were about the catalog
03:44The perpetual claims
03:45Sell a hundred million
03:47Still owe the house
03:49Speak too loud
03:51And the lights go strange
03:53Connect every name that thought
03:55Connect every sudden silence
03:57Connect the posthumous gold rush
03:59To the ones who said
04:00Give me what's mine
04:02It's not random
04:04It's the design
04:06The product is never the artist
04:09The product is the time they signed
04:16They tried to warn us
04:19Now it's written in the sky
04:23The biggest names in history
04:27We're never truly free to fly
04:31If you don't own the masters
04:35And the masters own the soul
04:39The machine is still running
04:42And the truth just took control
04:51They tried to warn us
04:53Oh
04:54They tried to warn us
04:56Now you know
04:57Oh
04:59Now you know
05:00Oh
05:01Oh
05:02Mmm
05:07Mmm
05:08Mmm
05:12They tried to warn us
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