Violets in the Vellum

[Intro]
[Verse]
Tallow drips on the page
Bird in a gilded cage
I sing the lines of another queen
Waiting in the wings, unseen
The harpsichord begins to play
As the daylight fades away
[Pre-Chorus]
But the moon is a silver coin
Where our separate spirits join
I tucked a flower in your book
To give your heart a final look
[Chorus]
The stone arcades are gray
You have wandered far away
Violets pressed within the lines
Of the sonnets and the signs
The midnight bells begin to toll
For the heavy silence in my soul
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, the strings are cold
And the story is old
Just a ghost of a song
Where we both belong
[Verse]
Dust on the velvet folds
Secrets the theater holds
I found your resin on the floor
Behind the heavy oaken door
The wooden flute begins to sigh
Beneath a cold Viennese sky
Your chair is empty on the stage
Turning a lonely, final page
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the major chords arise
Like a prayer to empty skies
I hold the note you never played
In the light that starts to fade
[Chorus]
The stone arcades are gray
You have wandered far away
Violets pressed within the lines
Of the sonnets and the signs
The midnight bells begin to toll
For the heavy silence in my soul
[Bridge]
The final line is half-scrawled
Within these golden walls I’m walled
A violin case, an empty chair
Only the scent of dust in the air
You left the city, you left the dream
Nothing is ever quite what it seems
Our midnight flight was just a ghost
The thing that I will miss the most
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
I sing the aria you loved
While the stars are watching above
The stage is dark, the lights are low
I have nowhere left to go
Just the echo of a broken string
And the winter that it will bring
[Chorus]
The stone arcades are gray
You have wandered far away
Violets pressed within the lines
Of the sonnets and the signs
The midnight bells begin to toll
For the heavy silence in my soul
[Outro]