Glitter, Grey & The Gilded Cage(The Magical Secrets Hidden Within Their Systems)(beta)

[Intro] Oh-oh Mm-hmm

[Verse 1] Gold plates on a marble table

Every smile is bought and paid

Polished words and perfect posture

Every debt is softly delayed

They hand us crumbs and call it plenty

Tell us this is how it should be

Polished glass and gilded cages

Pretty chains they call it free

[Pre-Chorus] But the shine is wearing thin

And the bread is turning grey

Something hums beneath the city

Something pulling me away

[Chorus] We were promised all the glitter

All the candy all the sky

But the price keeps climbing higher

And the shelves are running dry

We were promised all the glitter

Now I'm counting every coin

Something's wrong inside this kingdom

Something's breaking at the joints

[Post-Chorus] La-la-la-la

La-la-la-la

Something's breaking at the joints

[Verse 2] A whisper in a crowded market

Says the numbers don't add up

I keep quiet keep on smiling

Keep on sipping from my cup

Five years pass and still the curtain

Hangs so heavy over me

I can see it through the fabric

But they swear there's nothing to see

[Pre-Chorus] And the fruit is turning sour

And the stitching comes undone

Something hums beneath the city

Something tells me I'm not one

[Chorus] We were promised all the glitter

All the candy all the sky

But the price keeps climbing higher

And the shelves are running dry

We were promised all the glitter

Now I'm counting every coin

Something's wrong inside this kingdom

Something's breaking at the joints

[Post-Chorus] La-la-la-la

La-la-la-la

Something's breaking at the joints

[Bridge] They meet in secret rooms

They cut the cake in two

They never say my name

But I can feel it too

I can feel it too

[Instrumental Break] [Chorus] We were promised all the glitter

All the candy all the sky

But the price keeps climbing higher

And the shelves are running dry

We were promised all the glitter

Now I'm counting every coin

Something's wrong inside this kingdom

Something's breaking at the joints

[Post-Chorus] La-la-la-la

La-la-la-la

Something's breaking at the joints [End]