Gave my cloudless sky for your crooked scraper
I put in everything, I called in every favour
But give a man one sword, he thinks that's he's a saviour
Watch him ride around, fucking weird behaviour

Guess I walked so you could run all the way from me
'Cause once you got you want, you didn't want me
I put gold on your head
should've put wax paper
Did you get off going to bed with the kingmaker?

Let you in my home, let you in my pictures
I was your pedestal and all I got was splinters
Should've seen it in the way you hate your sister
You love a strong woman, until it makes you bitter

Guess I walked so you could run, all the way from me
Now you say you're self-made, guess your memory's fuzzy
I put a crown on your head
should've put a wax paper
Did you get off going to bed with the kingmaker?

Oh, kingmaker
Oh, kingmaker
Oh, kingmaker
Oh, kingmaker

I can't say that I saw five, but I saw star potential
Another sweet, sweet boy that I took out the kennel
Back when his ego and his bark were mostly gentle
Left me in pieces for me to reassemble

Guess I walked so they could run all the way from me
But they don't have big enough guts for all that glory
They'll take my crown, head out west
and forget their creator
Then they'll come back, they always do, to the kingmaker

Oh, kingmaker
Oh, kingmaker
Oh, kingmaker
Oh, kingmaker
Oh (You double cross, you star chaser)
Oh (You little boy, you word breaker)
Oh (Now look at you, the big player)
Oh (And look at me, the kingmaker)