Gilded Fracture

[Intro]
[Verse]
The fog creeps off the dark canal
I walk along the stone sea wall
The masks are painted for the ball
I watch the shadows on the wall
My breath is silver in the air
I see the ribbons in your hair
[Pre-Chorus]
A crack across my golden face
I move with such a heavy grace
The spiced wine stains the costly lace
I am a ghost within this space
[Chorus]
Oh, the hummingbird is frozen
In a palm that I have chosen
To keep the fire and the heat
While you dance to a different beat
Wings of glass that cannot fly
Underneath a Venetian sky
[Post-Chorus]
Fragile heart of Murano gold
Stories never to be told
Fragile heart of Murano gold
Stories never to be told
[Verse]
She wears a gown of emerald silk
Her skin is white as morning milk
You spin her like a spinning wheel
I hide the way I truly feel
The bassoon hums a low refrain
It sounds exactly like the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
The candlelight begins to flicker
The heartbeat of the room grows quicker
I hold the pendant in my fist
A love that never should exist
[Chorus]
Oh, the hummingbird is frozen
In a palm that I have chosen
To keep the fire and the heat
While you dance to a different beat
Wings of glass that cannot fly
Underneath a Venetian sky
[Bridge]
From the furnace to the cold
Everything has been bought and sold
Molten dreams and liquid gold
Now the winter’s taking hold
The glockenspiel begins to chime
I’m running out of borrowed time
[Hook]
Shatter the silence
Gilded defiance
Shatter the silence
Gilded defiance
[Verse]
The clock is striking half-past ten
I won’t look back at you again
The stone is cold against my palm
The water’s dark and deathly calm
I leave the bird upon the ledge
Beside the fountain’s mossy edge
[Chorus]
Oh, the hummingbird is frozen
In a palm that I have chosen
To keep the fire and the heat
While you dance to a different beat
Wings of glass that cannot fly
Underneath a Venetian sky
[Post-Chorus]
Let it go in the glow
Of the falling winter snow
Let it go in the glow
Of the falling winter snow
On the stone all alone
Like a secret never known
[Outro]