Maestro

What’s your command?

Show me your rendition…

I’ve been playing your notes

But I hear my own rhythm now

count-in clicks

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Maestro, maestro, conducting the show

Pulling my strings till I don’t say no

Chose the melody, played me like truth

Turned my heartbeat into something you use

Maestro, maestro, hold the tempo tight

Crescendo pressure every single night

You wrote me down, but I finally know

I’m more than a note in your control

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I wanna be your slave, I wanna be your master

Beauty and the monster, moving faster

Good boy, bad habit, sinner and a preacher

If you wanna use me, I could be your creature

I wanna pull your focus like a spotlight

Make your pulse jump in the low light

Electric when you say my name

But every touch starts to feel the same

I’m the devil begging for redemption

A freak wrapped up in your attention

You pull my strings like a Telecaster

Say I’m yours—but who’s the author?

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Is this my fate, trapped in your wake?

Or can I create something great?

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Maestro, maestro, conducting the show

Commanding my heart just to tear me apart

Chose the melody, played me so close

Like I was designed just to hit your notes

Maestro, maestro, always in control

But I’m hearing cracks in the role you wrote

You played me once like your symphony

Now listen close—this is me

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One, two, three, four—had me under your spell

Five, six, seven, eight—ringing bells in my head

One, two, three, four—I wanted recognition

Five, six, seven, eight—you called it submission

I’ll be your champion, I’ll be your clown

I bent every shape just to stick around

But love ain’t a leash, desire ain’t a cage

You don’t get to own every line on my page

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I’m done asking permission

Done playing your vision

I rewrite the rhythm

I claim my position

I was your puppet, your art, your muse

Now watch me move how I choose

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Maestro, maestro—drop the disguise

I hear my voice in a higher rise

No longer a note you can rearrange

I make my own sound, I conduct the change

Maestro, maestro—count me out

This is my song, hear me loud

You played me once like your symphony

Now I perform my own rendition

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One… two… three… four…

No longer in your composition.