The Glass Abyss

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on my dorsal fin
Let the night begin
Glass cage, I'm locked in
Formaldehyde skin
They found me in the dark
Near the HMS bark
Now I’m just a spark
In a silent park
I remember the crush
Of the midnight rush
Before the world went hush
In a velvet plush
Nineteenth-century ghost
On a wooden post
I miss the coast the most
And the bioluminescent host
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, the weight of the tide
Where the leviathans hide
In the deep, we were wide
Now we're hollow inside
Tempo slows to a crawl
As the shadows all fall
Against the museum wall
I can hear the sea call
[Chorus]
Welcome to the Glass Museum
Where the ghosts go to see ‘em
We trade the salt for the stone
In this G minor zone
Frozen in a static pose
Where the cold current flows
In the dark, heaven knows
How the ancient heart glows
[Post-Chorus]
(Harp arpeggios swell)
Under the bell
In this dry shell
Under the spell
[Verse]
Check the field guide notes
How the specimen floats
Caught by men in coats
On their wooden boats
Genus: unknown
In a jar, alone
With a calcium bone
And a silent tone
I was a king in the trench
Now I’m a permanent bench
With a chemical stench
And a thirst I can't quench
Triplet flow on the floor
Like the waves on the shore
I was craving for more
Than this locked-up door
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, the weight of the tide
Where the leviathans hide
In the deep, we were wide
Now we're hollow inside
Tempo slows to a crawl
As the shadows all fall
Against the museum wall
I can hear the sea call
[Chorus]
Welcome to the Glass Museum
Where the ghosts go to see ‘em
We trade the salt for the stone
In this G minor zone
Frozen in a static pose
Where the cold current flows
In the dark, heaven knows
How the ancient heart glows
[Bridge]
Requiem for the deep blue
Where the sunlight is through
I am looking for you
In the dust and the dew
Modular synths start to weep
While the janitors sleep
Secrets we have to keep
In the silence so steep
Let the aria rise
To the soot-covered skies
With my glass-button eyes
Where my memory lies
[Verse]
Scientific name: Bathy-beast
On the shadows I feast
From the west to the east
I’m the legend, at least
Stiff as a board in the light
But I’m swimming at night
In a mental flight
Of a watery sight
No more pressure to feel
Just the wood and the steel
Was the ocean even real?
In this taxidermy deal
Snap the rhythm back fast
Let the memory last
From the deep, dark past
I am finally cast
[Chorus]
Welcome to the Glass Museum
Where the ghosts go to see ‘em
We trade the salt for the stone
In this G minor zone
Frozen in a static pose
Where the cold current flows
In the dark, heaven knows
How the ancient heart glows
[Outro]