The Silvered Path

[Intro]
[Verse]
(Whisper) Clack, goes the key on the floor
I don't need the locks anymore
(F minor) Picked up a sliver of light
(F major) Now everything’s shiny and bright
In this one I’m wearing a crown
The jewel of a clockwork town
I’m dancing on bubbles of air
With ribbons of silk in my hair
[Pre-Chorus]
(BPM 155) Spinning the glass in my palm
Disturbing the ghost of the calm
Is it velvet or is it steel?
Which version is actually real?
[Chorus]
(Operatic) Reflections are bleeding
The hunger I’m feeding
A gallery made out of me
Which version is finally free?
I’m catching the glint
The silvered blueprint
A thousand girls in one frame
None of them share my name
[Post-Chorus]
Walking through walls of glass
Watching the centuries pass
Collecting the bits of my soul
To make the broken thing whole
[Verse]
(BPM 72 / Guttural) Shard number nine is a blade
A life that I never obeyed
(F minor) Buried in winter and frost
Everything precious is lost
I hear the tape loop hiss
The edge of a dark abyss
I’m staring at eyes made of stone
Forever and ever alone
[Build-up]
(BPM 155 / Typewriter sounds) Faster the mercury flows
Nobody actually knows
Where does the image begin?
Under the layers of skin
[Drop]
[Bridge]
(Harp arpeggios / Warm nostalgia) Harp strings are humming a tune
Under a lavender moon
I see a girl in the sun
Before the dividing begun
She’s holding a hand I once knew
The sky is a permanent blue
No cracks in the surface today
The shadows have all gone away
[Chorus]
(Belted) Reflections are bleeding
The hunger I’m feeding
A gallery made out of me
Which version is finally free?
I’m catching the glint
The silvered blueprint
A thousand girls in one frame
None of them share my name
[Outro]