00:01And the glitter and the gold
00:09Something older ways
00:33She came from the warm lights, the southern nights
00:38Voiced like honey, dreams painted bright
00:41Studios humming, producers smiling wide
00:45Big names in the credits, the world on her side
00:48Christian roots still echoing soft
00:51But the city lights pulled her higher aloft
00:54One more session, one more track
00:58She could almost taste the number one plaque
01:01Then the hallway went quiet in that basement suite
01:05Renovation dust, concrete undefeated
01:09Said it's so casual like weather or time
01:12You want the whole world, there's a differing climb
01:17They never put it in the contract ink
01:20They never say it when the cameras blink
01:23But the ones who rise the fastest, the ones who never fall
01:27They paid with something deeper than they ever recall
01:30She looked him in the eye and felt the air grow cold
01:36Then something ancient smiled from the shadows of old
01:50Nightmares started crawling when the lights went out
01:53Sleep paralysis hands and a tightness of doubt
01:57Then the dream that wasn't dreaming took her far away
02:00To a place between the heavens where the fallen still play
02:04He showed her the stages, the crowns, the acclaim like a film
02:08Unrolling every glittering name
02:11All of this is yours, just give me the key
02:14And for one long second she almost agreed
02:19But she remembered the blood and the name that she bore
02:22Said I am a daughter, you cannot have more
02:26He recoiled with a snarl, called her every dark word
02:30And the vision shattered like glass when the truth was heard
02:33Now look at the charts, look at the thrones
02:36Look at the ones who never come home
02:40The ones who shine brightest with the emptiest eyes
02:43They signed in the choir where the real power lies
02:47They never put in the contract ink
02:51They never say it when the cameras blink
02:54But the ones who rise the fastest, the ones who never fall
02:58They paid with something deeper than they ever recall
03:01She walked away from the offer, she kept what was cure
03:04While the rest of the kingdom still knocks on that door
03:08Now you see, now you know
03:11The throne is still waiting for the ones who will go
03:18The shadow still whispers in every new name
03:25And the ones who refuse still carry the flame
03:29She kept her soul
03:35And the world still turns
03:40But now you know
03:45Why the brightest ones burn
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