The Gilded Grave

Verse 1

Gold

Peeling off

The heavy plaster cracked

Dead grass on the lawn

There is a hallway where the shadows stay

Trophies gathered in the dark

Dusty glass

Broken

Missing pieces

Chorus

There is a mansion on the hill

Hidden high above the sea

Where the ghosts all have their fill

Watching you and watching me

In the mansion on the hill

Verse 2

Stormy

On the wall

Smiling through a jagged frame

Cheap posters taped with spite

Down those stairs the heavy hinges groan

Plastic soldiers on the floor

Losing wars

Forgotten

Left behind

Chorus

There is a mansion on the hill

Hidden high above the sea

Where the ghosts all have their fill

Watching you and watching me

In the mansion on the hill

Bridge

The fear is cold

The fear is red

The fear is under the bed

Melania sleeps in satin lined with lead

In a box of Russian dirt

Distant earth

Cold soil

Buried deep

Verse 3

Locked

Heavy gates

Nobody is coming home

Wind wails through the palms

Black water rising in the tiled pool

They keep the secret safe

Behind stone

Alone

Watching clocks

Chorus

There is a mansion on the hill

Hidden high above the sea

Where the ghosts all have their fill

Watching you and watching me

In the mansion on the hill

Outro

On the hill

On the hill

Silent now

On the hill