Salt Lace Waltz

[Intro]
[Verse]
The iron gate groans in the gloom
The water fills this hollow room
My mourning veil is soaked in brine
Tonight you are entirely mine
I step into the rising gray
To wash the living world away
[Pre-Chorus]
The organ pipes begin to wheeze
A prayer upon the freezing breeze
I feel the pull of hungry waves
Among the sunken, marble graves
[Chorus]
We waltz within the rising flood
Salt is thicker than the blood
Tangled up in seaweed green
The darkest bride you’ve ever seen
Oh, hold me till the tide is high
Beneath a black and heavy sky
[Verse]
The contrabass begins to moan
I press my heart against the stone
Your name is blurred by moss and grit
But I have never forgotten it
The industrial gears of the sea
Are grinding out a melody
I spin until my senses fail
Behind this salt-crusted lace veil
[Chorus]
We waltz within the rising flood
Salt is thicker than the blood
Tangled up in seaweed green
The darkest bride you’ve ever seen
Oh, hold me till the tide is high
Beneath a black and heavy sky
[Bridge]
The candlelight begins to drown
I’m sinking in my heavy gown
No more breath, no more pain
Only the rhythm of the rain
I choose the ghost, I choose the deep
Where all the lonely widows sleep
Operatic echoes in the hall
I'm ready for the final fall
[Chorus]
We waltz within the rising flood
Salt is thicker than the blood
Tangled up in seaweed green
The darkest bride you’ve ever seen
Oh, hold me till the tide is high
Beneath a black and heavy sky
[Post-Chorus]
Deep in the brine
Forever you’re mine
The marble is cold
The story is told
Salt on my skin
Let the end begin
Deep in the brine
Forever you’re mine
[Outro]