The Paper Trail

[Intro]
[Verse]
Step through the heavy door
Water pools on the floor
Smell of the damp and rot
Giving up all you got
Letters turn into grey
Wash the memories away
[Pre-Chorus]
Cracked glass in my hand
Lines I didn't plan
Neon flicker on the wall
Watching your empire fall
[Chorus]
You're a beautiful lie
Written under a velvet sky
But the ink is running cold
Stories you never told
Every signature you stole
Now I'm taking back control
Every secret that you keep
Buried in the water deep
[Post-Chorus]
Ink is bleeding slow
Nowhere left to go
Ink is bleeding slow
I'm the one who knows
[Verse]
Vellum and silver leaf
Masterpiece of a thief
I track the shaky hand
Built on water and sand
Basement smells like ghosts
To the secrets of my hosts
[Pre-Chorus]
Cracked glass in my hand
Lines I didn't plan
Neon flicker on the wall
Watching your empire fall
[Chorus]
You're a beautiful lie
Written under a velvet sky
But the ink is running cold
Stories you never told
Every signature you stole
Now I'm taking back control
Every secret that you keep
Buried in the water deep
[Bridge]
Drowning in the dark
Waiting for a spark
There's no replacement
For the truth in the basement
The archive remembers
Cold ash and embers
I found the hidden page
Welcome to your cage
[Breakdown]
Flicker
Fade
Everything you made
Was a masquerade
[Chorus]
You're a beautiful lie
Written under a velvet sky
But the ink is running cold
Stories you never told
Every signature you stole
Now I'm taking back control
Every secret that you keep
Buried in the water deep
[Outro]