Mask of the Doctor

Intro

Shrouded corridors and rusted gates

Velvet dusk, the silence waits

Lanterns flicker, breath held tight

Footsteps echo out of sight

Crows perch on forgotten stone

Stained glass glare, chilled to the bone

Shadows deepen, winding slow

Calling voices none will know

Verse 1

Iron scent and phantom chill

Marionette hands bending will

Children’s rhyme lingers thin

Stray confessions, tucked within

Masked lament on winter’s wind

Ash and lace, where dreams rescind

Through the arch the specters peer

Drawn by secrets buried here

Chorus

Crank the handle, tick and tock

Childhood laughter covers shock

Smoke and secrets fill the air

Plague Doctor's mask, a steepled glare

Post-Chorus

Round and round

In the night

Round and round

Hide from sight

Verse 2

Gloved hands turn with practiced care

Breath of sulfur, ancient prayer

Clockwork eyes behind the beak

Listen close, you'll hear them speak

Pre-Chorus

Every grin carved in wood

Pleads for mercy, not understood

He waits beneath the twisted spring

Pull the lever, feel it sting

Chorus

Crank the handle, tick and tock

Childhood laughter covers shock

Smoke and secrets fill the air

Plague Doctor's mask, a steepled glare

Post-Chorus

Round and round

In the night

Round and round

Hide from sight

Verse 3

Winding down, the music slows

Splintered marionettes in rows

Candle shadows stretch across

Silver mask, eternal loss

Strings pulled tight, the silence weighs

Broken lullabies from darker days

Paralyzed beneath his gaze

Specters sigh and time decays

Bridge

Ashen remnants, faded breath

Creaking floors confess regret

Seraphim will never weep

For secrets metal angels keep

Shadowed chorus calls anew

Gears and sinew fuse askew

What is real and what remains

Lost within these haunted chains

Guitar Solo