Crown Of Thorns[Style]Punk Rock, Metalcore, Alternative Metal

Crown Of Thorns [Style] Punk Rock, Metalcore, Alternative Metal [Lyrics] [Intro] (Instrumental - Heavy, driving guitar riff, pounding drums) [Verse 1] Day after day, brick by brick they build these walls Expectations rise, like shadows in the halls I'm scraping at the stone, searching for a crack This gilded cage is holding me, holding me back Trying and trying and trying to escape Escape this prison of fame A role I didn't choose, a script I didn't write Lost in the glare of their blinding light [Chorus] I never asked to be perfect! All I wanted was a little recognition! But you all treated me like I was meant to be the quee-ee-een! Ooooh oh o ho ho! But now I am trapped! Now it's dark! Now it's hard! I never asked to be perfect! All I wanted was a little recognition! But you all treated me like I was meant to be the queen! [Verse 2] The spotlight burns, but it brings no warmth inside This hollow crown, nowhere left to hide The applause is thunder, but it sounds like chains Trapped in the echo of forgotten refrains The path they carved for me, it leads only down Beneath the weight of this false crown The shine has faded, replaced by cold dread Living the life of someone else instead [Chorus] I never asked to be perfect! All I wanted was a little recognition! But you all treated me like I was meant to be the quee-ee-een! Ooooh oh o ho ho! But now I am trapped! Now it's dark! Now it's hard! I never asked to be perfect! All I wanted was a little recognition! But you all treated me like I was meant to be the queen! [Bridge] (Heavier breakdown, aggressive vocals) But now it's too late! (Too late!) Too late to say no! No! Nooo! The walls are too high, the door's sealed shut The mold is set, the future cut! All I can do is stand and face it! Because now I'm grown! Now I embrace it! This crown of thorns is mine to bear! Alone in this suffocating air! [Chorus] I never asked to be perfect! All I wanted was a little recognition! But you all treated me like I was meant to be the quee-ee-een! Ooooh oh o ho ho! But now I am trapped! Now it's dark! Now it's hard! I never asked to be perfect! All I wanted was a little recognition! But you all treated me like I was meant to be the queen! [Outro] (Instrumental - Intensifies, then gradually fades out with feedback and final drum hit, leaving a sense of unresolved tension)