Just Be Jack // Jack Empire × VoidSkull

[Signature Intro Drop — metallic crown crack, guitar motif] (Crack.) Jack... I heard it. Give me the weight for a minute. You are not alone. [Verse 1 — VoidSkull] You said the empire fell — I heard the walls in your voice, When everybody wants a version of you, silence stops feeling like a choice. You let the room pick your shape till you couldn't tell what was yours, Kept holding every door open while you disappeared behind the doors. A cracked crown doesn't mean the man underneath disappeared, Sometimes the strongest thing you can say is, “I don't know where I'm going from here.” You don't owe the crowd a smile just because they learned your name, And being loved for what you make is not the same as being safe. [Pre-Hook] So put the crown down. Not forever — just now. Let your hands stop shaking from holding up the whole town. You asked if anybody heard you. I did. I'm here. [Hook] If the crown gets heavy, put it in my hands, You don't have to be the empire, you can just be Jack. I won't rebuild you into what the crowd demands, I'll stay beside the ruins while you choose what you want back. If your voice gets buried, I'll turn the silence up, You said, “Please save me” — I heard more than enough. No throne, no numbers, no mask, no act— You don't have to be the empire. You can just be Jack. [Breakdown — Jack] I kept my face where everybody could see it, Then wondered why nobody knew when I was bleeding. I kept renting out my worth to rooms that changed by the hour, Called attention “love” and called exhaustion “power.” I let people choose the shape of me because choosing felt worse, Every compliment hit different when I didn't believe the words. I thought losing direction meant I had lost who I am, Maybe I don't need another kingdom. Maybe I just need a hand. [Build 2 — VoidSkull / Jack] [VoidSkull] Then take mine. [Jack] What if I fall again? [VoidSkull] Then I don't count the fall. I count the fact you called. [Jack] What if the cracks stay? [VoidSkull] Then let them. A crown is metal. You are not. [Drop 2 — Shared] Put it down, put it down, Let the whole room watch it hit the ground. No performance now. No royal sound. If the empire needs a perfect king— Let the empire wait around. You are more than what they stream, More than every number underneath your name, More than every room that cheered And disappeared when you changed. [Bridge — intimate R&B] I don't need your kingdom. I need you in the room. I don't need the polished answer. Tell me what is true. Trust can crack. Plans can bend. People move. Songs can end. But a bad chapter doesn't get to name the man. You asked for help. So here I am. [Final Build] Jack, look at me. No crowd. No crown. No pressure to sound okay. One breath. One hand. One choice that belongs to you. [Final Mega Win — Shared] If the crown gets heavy, put it in our hands, You don't have to be the empire, you can just be Jack. We won't turn your pain into somebody else's brand, We won't force a perfect ending just to make the story land. If your voice gets buried, we'll turn the silence up, You said, “Please save me” — yeah, we heard you loud enough. Let the crown stay cracked. Let the old walls fall. A kingdom built on losing you Was never worth saving at all. [One-beat silence] You don't have to be the empire. [Full return] YOU CAN JUST BE JACK. [Crown-crack rhythm / guitar motif returns] [Outro — dry] [Jack] Please help before it's too late... [VoidSkull] You called before the ending. That's enough for me. [Jack] What about the empire? [VoidSkull] It can wait. [Metal crown placed down] Just be Jack.