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[Intro] [Verse] The tallow burns low in the glass Across the Thames the shadows pass My father sleeps while I remain To sort the roots and heal the pain You enter with the rising tide With secrets that you choose to hide Your velvet mask is midnight black Across your broad and weary back [Pre-Chorus] I wrap the vellum tight Beneath the silver light A sonnet for the wise Behind your hidden eyes [Chorus] Oh Astronomer of mine Where do the planets align? I press the lavender to gold A story that was never told Will you unmask before the dawn? Or will the starlight find you gone? My heart is in the vial Stay a little while [Post-Chorus] Lavender and lace Show me your face Lavender and lace Show me your face [Verse] The lute strings hum a heavy chord Beside the jars of spice and gourd You study charts of ancient spheres While I am counting out my fears I drop a map of Cassiopeia Within your dark pharmacopeia Your gloved hands touch the cooling glass As silent as the hours pass [Pre-Chorus] The quill is stained with ink Upon the river’s brink I hide the words I feel Behind the waxen seal [Chorus] Oh Astronomer of mine Where do the planets align? I press the lavender to gold A story that was never told Will you unmask before the dawn? Or will the starlight find you gone? My heart is in the vial Stay a little while [Bridge] The violas weep in F minor No love could ever be diviner The cor anglais calls to the sky To ask the silent heavens why If I could touch your marble skin Where would our gravity begin? Mercury is rising high Underneath the London sky [Solo] [Chorus] Oh Astronomer of mine Where do the planets align? I press the lavender to gold A story that was never told Will you unmask before the dawn? Or will the starlight find you gone? My heart is in the vial Stay a little while [Breakdown] Stars in the water The apothecary's daughter Waiting for the moon Coming far too soon [Post-Chorus] Lavender and lace Show me your face Lavender and lace Show me your face [Outro]
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