Stitched in Gold

[Intro]
[Verse]
Thirty years of silver needles
Pricking skin and mending seams
Hiding in the velvet curtains
Sewing someone else's dreams
Calloused hands and tired eyes
Watching every star arise
Frayed hems and broken zippers
I was born for all the whispers
[Verse]
But the music suddenly falters
Silence hits the center stage
Our Juliet has lost her breathing
I have memorized every page
Someone pushes me ahead
Follow where the light is shed
My fingers brush the hand-stitched gown
As the heavy dark comes down
[Pre-Chorus]
Dust is dancing in the beam
Like a half-forgotten dream
I can feel the floorboards shake
This is not a mistake
My trembling knees are standing tall
I will answer to the call
[Chorus]
Now the thread is turning gold
Stories I have never told
I am more than just the lace
Look upon this brand new face
Hear the brass begin to roar
I am stepping through the door
I am finally whole
I am baring my soul
[Post-Chorus]
Stitched in gold
Watch me unfold
[Verse]
I have pinned the silk to waists
Left no stitch to go to waste
Known the script by heart and rhythm
Living in a silent prison
Now the gown I made is mine
Watch me make the fabric shine
The audience is a distant sea
Waiting for a glimpse of me
[Pre-Chorus]
Dust is dancing in the beam
Like a half-forgotten dream
I can feel the floorboards shake
This is not a mistake
My trembling knees are standing tall
I will answer to the call
[Chorus]
Now the thread is turning gold
Stories I have never told
I am more than just the lace
Look upon this brand new face
Hear the brass begin to roar
I am stepping through the door
I am finally whole
I am baring my soul
[Bridge]
The oboe sighs a lonely tune
Beneath a paper Broadway moon
But my voice is rising higher
Setting every row on fire
No more shadows, no more pins
This is where my life begins
I'm the master of the light
I own the stage tonight
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Let the thread be turned to gold
Watch the mystery unfold
I have waited thirty years
Through the silence and the tears
Hear the trombones start to play
I won't look the other way
I am finally whole
I am baring my soul
[Post-Chorus]
Stitched in gold
Watch me unfold
I am finally whole
I am baring my soul
[Outro]