Nigel Danvers and the Buried Gold

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Cold rooms where the candles lean

I count the breath I cannot see

A mirror holds a stranger's face

Nigel walks where the shadows gather

Every door is locked from inside

Pre-Chorus

They told me seek the dead for answers

They told me never ask their names

Chorus

The crown is buried underground

I hear it calling through the walls

The crown is buried underground

And something answers when it calls

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh the dead don't lie

Oh-oh they only wait

Verse 2

A photograph that moves at night

A chair that slides across the room

I press my palm against the glass

The temperature begins to fall

Something writes my name in frost

Pre-Chorus

They warned me counsel comes with consequence

They warned me every gift has teeth

Chorus

The crown is buried underground

I hear it calling through the walls

The crown is buried underground

And something answers when it calls

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh the dead don't lie

Oh-oh they only wait

Bridge

Gold corrodes and ghosts remember

Gold corrodes and ghosts remember

I should have left the past alone

I should have never asked at all

Chorus

The crown is buried underground

I hear it calling through the walls

The crown is buried underground

And something answers when it calls

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh the dead don't lie

Oh-oh they only wait