Song Lyrics: My Percentage Of The Sun ~ Alt-Pop / Electro-R&B ~ September 21, 2025
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My Percentage Of The Sun
(Verse 1)
Said my world was only possible through you
A curated paradise, exclusive and new
Your terms of service read just like a threat
So I wore your golden handcuffs, I wasn’t leaving yet
You engineered the sky, a perfect dome of blue
Then sold me every viewpoint, said the credit was all due to you
My friends all call you genius, a visionary architect
They just see the marble floors and not the architect of debt
(Pre-Chorus)
I smiled for all the pictures in your walled-off perfect life
You thought my silence was compliance, not the sharpening of a knife
You gave me everything I wanted…
At a thirty-percent price
(Chorus)
But I’m claiming innovation on the way I say goodbye
You built the garden, baby, now I’m burning down the vines
You want your standard payment, a king’s indemnity
But I’m taking back my percentage of the sun, you see
You can’t gatekeep the daylight from me
(Verse 2)
Used to think my choices mattered in this game
‘Til I saw you changed the settings, rearranged the frame
Forcing my hand, your preferred payment plan
Oh, you made a universe, and I just lived there by your brand
Did you really think I’d innovate inside your pretty box forever?
That my own little storefront would never get that clever?
Oh please, don’t look so wounded, don’t look so surprised
You were never competition, just a problem to revise
(Pre-Chorus)
I played the grateful partner in your walled-off perfect lie
You thought my silence was approval, not the calculating eye
You gave me everything I wanted…
With no third-party buy-in fee
(Chorus)
‘Cause I’m claiming innovation on the way I say goodbye
You built the garden, baby, now I’m burning down the vines
You want your standard payment, a king’s indemnity
But I’m taking back my percentage of the sun, you see
You can’t gatekeep the daylight from me
(Bridge)
The verdict’s coming down now, you can hear it on the wind
The rules that you created are the rules that box you in
This world you made is gorgeous, I admit I stayed too long
But my greatest creation starts with proving you were wrong
(Chorus)
Oh, I’m claiming innovation on the way I say goodbye
You built the garden, baby, and I’m burning down your vines
You want your standard payment, a king’s indemnity
But I’m taking back my percentage of the sun, you see
You can’t gatekeep the daylight from me
(Outro)
From me
Taking my percentage… yeah
Consider this my breakaway, my system breach, my final fee
You can’t gatekeep the daylight from me
About The Song
“My Percentage Of The Sun” uses the recent €2.7 billion EU fine against a tech giant’s monopolistic app store as a powerful metaphor for escaping a controlling, narcissistic relationship. The song channels the confident, almost bratty, self-aware energy of Tate McRae’s “greedy” but twists it into an anthem of rebellion rather than a simple declaration of self-worth. Instead of being a victim trapped in a “walled garden,” the protagonist becomes the active agent of its destruction, a developer launching their own platform. The core human theme is the fight for creative and personal sovereignty against a partner who has built a beautiful cage and demands a cut of everything, even the very sunlight. The ‘fine’ in the news story becomes the external validation needed to finally break the ‘terms of service’ of the toxic relationship.
Production Notes
Genre: Alt-Pop / Electro-R&B
Musical Influences: Tate McRae, FKA Twigs, Banks
Vocals: The performance should be delivered with a controlled, sassy confidence. A Neumann U87 through a Neve 1073 preamp and a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor will capture a clean, intimate, and forward vocal. Verses are syncopated and rhythmic, almost spoken-sung. The chorus vocal should open up, with tight, layered harmonies adding punch. Ad-libs in the outro can be processed with a light telephone filter.
Instrumentation: The track is driven by a deep, syncopated 808-style bass that is tight and punchy, leaving lots of space. A minimal, plucky synth melody creates the main rhythmic hook. The verses are sparse, but the chorus introduces wider synth pads and a hard-hitting, compressed kick and snare pattern.
Arrangement: Use the ‘less is more’ approach. Verses should feel tense and claustrophobic. Automate a subtle reverb and delay to make the pre-chorus feel like it’s building pressure before exploding into the wide, impactful chorus. The bridge should strip back to just a filtered synth pad and the lead vocal, creating a moment of clarity before the final chorus hits with maximum energy.
Mix: The lead vocal and the bass are the stars. Keep the vocal dead center and very present. Use side-chain compression on the synth pads, keying them to the kick drum in the chorus to make the rhythm bounce. The master should be loud and clean, preserving the punchiness of the transients.
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