Sovereign's Noose

[Intro - Instrumental 16/4]
[Atmospheric build, complex polyrhythmic patterns]

[Verse 1 - 16/4]
Wore the crown they handed down
Golden weight that pulls me underground
Every subject, every throne
Built this prison I call home

Signed my name in blood and gold
Bought the lie that I was told
Power tastes like copper rust
Empire crumbling into dust

[Pre-Chorus - 7/4]
Tighter, tighter
The silk around my neck
Fighter, fighter
But there's nothing left to wreck

[Chorus - 4/4]
This is the sovereign's noose
The rope I tied myself
This is the sovereign's noose
Crown heavy, can't breathe, no help
Rule from six feet underground
This is the sovereign's noose

[Verse 2 - 16/4]
Carved my law in broken stone
Demanded worship, stood alone
But gods who need their subjects dead
Build their kingdoms in their head

Mirror shows a hollow king
Strings attached to everything
Puppet master, puppet too
Forgot which one was always true

[Pre-Chorus - 7/4]
Tighter, tighter
The weight of what I've done
Fighter, fighter
But the war's already won

[Chorus - 4/4]
This is the sovereign's noose
The rope I tied myself
This is the sovereign's noose
Crown heavy, can't breathe, no help
Rule from six feet underground
This is the sovereign's noose

[Bridge - Alternating 7/4 and 4/4]
[7/4]
I am the tyrant and the slave
I am the prison and the cage
[4/4]
I am the sickness and the cure
Nothing's sacred, nothing's pure

[7/4]
I am the verdict and the crime
I am the ending and the sign
[4/4]
I am the question with no answer
I am the malignant, the cancer

[Instrumental Section - 16/4]
[Technical showcase - guitar/bass interplay, complex drum patterns]

[Final Chorus - 4/4, building intensity]
This is the sovereign's noose
The rope I tied myself
This is the sovereign's noose
Crown heavy, can't breathe, no help
Rule from six feet underground

Kick the throne out from beneath
Nothing left but golden teeth
This is the sovereign's noose
THIS IS THE SOVEREIGN'S NOOSE

[Outro - 16/4, tempo slowing]
[Atmospheric decay, feedback, pattern dissolving]
Tighter... tighter...
[Fade to silence]