Gilded Rot

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on the chandelier
Whispers that you can hear
Step through the heavy door
Blood on the marble floor
Ivy chokes the stone
I sit here all alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Gold leaf is peeling thin
Let the real game begin
Follow my velvet trail
Watch as the light turns pale
[Chorus]
Welcome to my gilded rot
Everything you think I’m not
Taste the sugar, feel the sting
I am the ghost of everything
Drink the shadow, kiss the blade
In the house that malice made
[Post-Chorus]
Shadows crawling low
Nowhere left to go
Beautifully broken
Words left unspoken
[Verse]
Church bells ring from the hill
Time is standing perfectly still
Your eyes see a diamond ring
I see a broken wing
Glitch in the candlelight
Welcome to the endless night
[Pre-Chorus]
Gold leaf is peeling thin
Let the real game begin
Follow my velvet trail
Watch as the light turns pale
[Chorus]
Welcome to my gilded rot
Everything you think I’m not
Taste the sugar, feel the sting
I am the ghost of everything
Drink the shadow, kiss the blade
In the house that malice made
[Bridge]
My father’s sins are mine to keep
While all the pretty vultures sleep
I’ll lure you in with lace and lies
Until the fire in your spirit dies
Vengeance is a cold, sweet wine
And now your beating heart is mine
[Chorus]
Welcome to my gilded rot
Everything you think I’m not
Taste the sugar, feel the sting
I am the ghost of everything
Drink the shadow, kiss the blade
In the house that malice made
[Hook]
Stay here forever
We’ll rot together
Stay here forever
In the velvet weather
[Outro]