[Intro]
They came with smiles like morning sun
But midnight waited on their tongues

[Verse]
They shook my hand with velvet skin
Said brother, let the good times in
They praised my name, they drank my wine
Then sold my secrets line by line

I gave them keys to every door
They wanted less, then wanted more
I never saw the blade arrive
It glittered bright while I was blind

[Pre-Chorus]
Now every laugh is ringing cold
Every promise bought and sold
I should have seen the signs

[Chorus]
Golden knives in the hands of friends
Cut so clean where the trust begins
They raise a glass, then watch you bleed
Calling it loyalty

Golden knives in the midnight glow
They kiss your cheek, then strike below
I learned the truth beneath the lights
Not every crown survives the night

[Verse]
They wore my colors on their sleeves
But fed on everything I believed
They called it love, they called it fate
Then disappeared when love was late

I heard their whispers through the walls
Counting cracks before the fall
They never wanted me to fly
They only wanted front-row lies

[Pre-Chorus]
Now every room remembers them
Like ghosts dressed up as gentlemen
Dancing in disguise

[Chorus]
Golden knives in the hands of friends
Cut so clean where the trust begins
They raise a glass, then watch you bleed
Calling it loyalty

Golden knives in the midnight glow
They kiss your cheek, then strike below
I learned the truth beneath the lights
Not every crown survives the night

[Bridge]
I will not curse their names forever
I will not live inside the wound
But I will keep one scar to guide me
When the wolves come dressed in moon

[Solo]

[Build-up]
One by one
The masks came down
One by one
I lost the crowd

[Chorus]
Golden knives in the hands of friends
Cut so clean where the trust begins
They raise a glass, then watch you bleed
Calling it loyalty

Golden knives in the midnight glow
They kiss your cheek, then strike below
I learned the truth beneath the lights
Not every crown survives the night

[Outro]
They came with smiles like morning sun
But now I know what gold has done
