(Intro)
Yeah...
Mmh, yeah...
Just feel it...
(Verse 1)
I been counting faces in the crowd
Smiling when they see me, screaming loud
But the silence in the room when I'm alone
That's the only sound I truly know
They see the chain, the watch, the shine
They don't see the ghost in the design
I'm painting pictures of a life I live
While taking pieces that I had to give
I touch the sky, but my feet still cold
Every story that I've ever told
Got a chapter missing from the book
And it's the one you never took the time to look
(Pre-Chorus)
They want the glory, not the grief
The trophy, not the tear-stained sheet
I'm dancing on the edge of love and lust
Trying to build heaven out of dust
(Chorus)
I'm a king with a broken crown
Living fast but I'm slowing down
In my dreams, I hear the sound
Of a love I never found
Gold on the outside, glass on the inside
One wrong move, I could crash in the night
But I ride, yeah, I ride...
With a ghost by my side
(Verse 2)
Remember days we had it simple then
Now every conversation's a business plan
They love the wave but not the ocean floor
They see the score but miss the bloody war
I write these hooks to hide the pain
Another verse, another name
I'm searching for a soul that sees the shadow
Not just the light, not just the glam and the bravado
Pour another drink to drown the fear
But the silence in this glass is all I hear
Echoes of a past that I can't leave
Stitched in every lyric that I weave
(Pre-Chorus)
They want the glory, not the grief
The trophy, not the tear-stained sheet
I'm dancing on the edge of love and lust
Trying to build heaven out of dust
(Chorus)
I'm a king with a broken crown
Living fast but I'm slowing down
In my dreams, I hear the sound
Of a love I never found
Gold on the outside, glass on the inside
One wrong move, I could crash in the night
But I ride, yeah, I ride...
With a ghost by my side
(Bridge)
Sometimes I wonder who I'd be
If I didn't have this melody
If the pain didn't write the song
If I knew where I
