Title: Look At Me (Verse 1) Midnight spills down marble stairs Penthouse throne and cold affairs Empire humming in my veins City pulsing through the panes I was raised on velvet threats Cigarette smoke, silhouettes Every vow in diamond ink Never question. Never think. Then you walked in, daylight skin Soft rebellion dressed in sin No bowed head, no lowered eyes No trembling at my compromise (Pre-Chorus) You don’t flinch at sharpened teeth Don’t kneel beneath the ancient wreath You say my crown’s a relic piece— You want a war, I wanted peace (Chorus) Look at me. I am the shadow on the skyline Look at me. I am the heir to endless night All these centuries at my feet Every heart skips when we meet But you just turn and disagree— Why won’t you look at me? (Verse 2) Boardroom elders dressed in black Gold fangs gleaming in attack They say, “Control her. Make her bend. Mortals break before they mend.” But you light candles in the sun Laugh like judgment hasn’t come You call my palace just a cage You say my throne’s a gilded stage You wear white in rooms of red Speak of futures, not the dead Refuse the mark upon your skin Refuse the hunger I was born in (Pre-Chorus) You touch my face like I’m a man Not a title, not a plan And every law I’ve memorized Starts to blur behind your eyes (Chorus) Look at me. I am the dark they’re terrified of Look at me. I am the vow you can’t outrun Cities kneel and empires plea Stars burn out to honor me But you stand tall and disagree— Why won’t you look at me? (Bridge – stripped down, tense) Say my name without the crown Drag my legend to the ground If I bleed, would you believe There’s more to me than what they need? I don’t want obedience I don’t want your reverence I want your pulse against my chest Not fear disguised as tenderness (Breakdown – whispered) Look at me… Not the throne. Not the teeth. Just me. (Final Chorus – explosive) Look at me! I’ll tear the night in two for you Look at me! I’ll break the laws they made me choose Let the ancient houses see Their perfect prince on bended knee If loving you is treachery— Then let them come for me (Outro – haunting) The city waits for your reply Neon halos in the sky I was raised to rule the dark… But I would learn to fall apart— If you would only Look at me.
