Venetian Gold

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust settles on the silent keys
Echoes of old melodies
I pace upon the marble floor
Behind a heavy, rotted door
[Pre-Chorus]
Canal water laps the stone
Chilling me right to the bone
In this house I live alone
Like a queen without a throne
[Chorus]
Oh, the gold is peeling thin
Let the evening light come in
I see you
In the velvet blue
Across the dark and bitter sea
Are you still searching for me?
[Post-Chorus]
Searching for me
In the gold I see
Wild and free
By the salty sea
[Verse]
Dapples through the shattered pane
Dancing with the ghost of rain
Fading ribbons of pale blue silk
Skin as white as morning milk
[Pre-Chorus]
The harpsichord begins to play
Chasing all the ghosts away
Salt-stained sheets of silent song
Where do the lonely belong?
[Chorus]
Oh, the gold is peeling thin
Let the evening light come in
I see you
In the velvet blue
Across the dark and bitter sea
Are you still searching for me?
[Bridge]
Thirty years of rising tides
Where the secret sorrow hides
I painted every line of grace
Upon your beautiful, cruel face
Now the frames are breaking down
In this dying, gilded town
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Oh, the gold is peeling thin
Let the evening light come in
I see you
In the velvet blue
Across the dark and bitter sea
Are you still searching for me?
[Outro]