Crimson Masquerade

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Verse 1

The chandeliers are coughing glass

Across the ballroom floor

Where all the saints in crimson masks

Still beg for one dance more

The mirrors bruise with every face

They never learned to keep

And shadows sew their silver thread

Through every dream I sleep

Pre-Chorus

I heard the choir in the walls

Spelling out my name in sparks

Chorus

So light the candles one by one

And watch them die like little suns

I gave my heart to the parade

They tore it up and serenaded

If heaven waits beyond this door

Why does it sound like war?

Why does it sound like war?

Verse 2

The roses rot in perfect rows

Their perfume sharp as knives

The angels lean from broken frames

To counterfeit our lives

I kissed the mouth of midnight once

It tasted sweet then bled

Now every star above this town

Hangs hollow overhead

Pre-Chorus

I hear the choir in the walls

Singing through their sharpened smiles

Chorus

So light the candles one by one

And watch them die like little suns

I gave my heart to the parade

They tore it up and serenaded

If heaven waits beyond this door

Why does it sound like war?

Why does it sound like war?

Bridge

Marching drums beneath my ribs

Black confetti in my lungs

I was young enough to believe

Every elegy they sung

Final Chorus

So light the candles one by one

And watch them die like little suns

I gave my heart to the parade

They tore it up and serenaded

If heaven waits beyond this door

Then I don’t want it anymore

I don’t want it anymore

Outro

The ballroom sleeps

The mirrors weep

And all the ghosts

Still dance with me.

Fade out

End