[Intro] The crown cuts deep When the lights don’t sleep The crown cuts deep And the mirror won’t speak [Verse] After the encore and the flashbulb rain I sat alone with a bottle and my name The suite was high but the room felt small Gold records staring from a paper wall Everybody loved me when the chorus hit Everybody wanted one little piece of it But nobody heard when the silence came Like a slow black car in a private lane [Pre-Chorus] I got what I wanted I paid what it cost But some nights victory Feels too much like loss [Chorus] The crown cuts deep Sharper than they told me The crown cuts deep Heavy when it holds me All this shine All this heat Still I bleed where no one sees The crown cuts deep [Verse] I called my mother but I hung up fast What do you say when the dream looks cracked I found old makeup in a touring case And didn’t know the girl with the painted face The guitarist wrote me from a southern town Said he got sober when the fire burned out I didn’t answer, but I kept the note Like a stone-cold hand around my throat [Pre-Chorus] I got what I wanted I climbed every stair But the higher you’re standing The thinner the air [Chorus] The crown cuts deep Sharper than they told me The crown cuts deep Heavy when it holds me All this shine All this heat Still I bleed where no one sees The crown cuts deep [Instrumental] Slow emotional guitar solo Drums swell with restraint Bass moves like a heartbeat Feedback fades into silence [Bridge] I miss the backroom I miss the rain I miss not knowing The price of fame I miss the hunger Before the throne I miss the girl Who was not alone [Breakdown] Deep Deep Cut me slow Deep Deep Don’t let go [Build-up] But I won’t lay it down I won’t disappear I won’t give them tears They can sell next year I’ll wear every scar I’ll sing every wound Under dying stars In a dressing room [Chorus] The crown cuts deep Sharper than they told me The crown cuts deep Heavy when it holds me All this shine All this heat Still I bleed where no one sees The crown cuts deep [Chorus] The crown cuts deep But I won’t surrender The crown cuts deep I still remember All this shine All this heat Still I rise where no one sees The crown cuts deep [Outro] The crown cuts deep When the lights don’t sleep The crown cuts deep But the queen won’t leave