Vellum & Vitrine

[Intro]
[Verse]
Needle through the velvet skin
Dusting off a glass-eyed grin
I find a letter in the seam
Tasting someone else's dream
My fingers trace the frozen jaw
Finding every hidden flaw
[Pre-Chorus]
Basement drips a steady beat
Feel the warmth beneath the sheet
The modular begins to hum
Wonder what they will become
Shifting gears and rising fast
Nothing here is meant to last
[Chorus]
Oh silica heart
Tearing me apart
Stitched in the dark
Leaving a mark
You breathe in the wax
Between the cracks
I am the shape you take
Before the mold will break
[Post-Chorus]
Glitch in the eye
Watch the bird fly
Static in the bone
Never alone
[Verse]
Dried flowers crush under thumb
My fingers are feeling so numb
I see the ink on the page
Ghost in a gilded cage
He loved her in nineteen-four
I find him behind the door
His porcelain chest is hollow
Leading where I dare to follow
[Pre-Chorus]
Basement drips a steady beat
Feel the warmth beneath the sheet
The modular begins to hum
Wonder what they will become
Shifting gears and rising fast
Nothing here is meant to last
[Chorus]
Oh silica heart
Tearing me apart
Stitched in the dark
Leaving a mark
You breathe in the wax
Between the cracks
I am the shape you take
Before the mold will break
[Breakdown]
Flicker
Snap
Fold
Trapped
In the amber light
Of the gallery night
[Bridge]
Strings are snapping in the air
I am braiding plastic hair
F sharp minor turns to gold
Stories that were never told
Prepared piano strikes a nerve
Every sharp and jagged curve
I am dissolving in the glue
Becoming something bright and new
[Verse]
I slip inside the plaster mold
I am brave and I am bold
I wear the smile that he designed
Leaving all my skin behind
The basement water hits my knees
I am whatever I please
A statue with a beating pulse
Feeding on the strange results
[Chorus]
Oh silica heart
Tearing me apart
Stitched in the dark
Leaving a mark
You breathe in the wax
Between the cracks
I am the shape you take
Before the mold will break
[Post-Chorus]
Glitch in the eye
Watch the bird fly
Static in the bone
Never alone
[Outro]