The Gilded Maze

[Intro]
[Verse]
Leather bound and worn by time
Dusty shelves and silent rhyme
Found a ghost within the page
Hidden from a golden age
A gardenia, pale and thin
Keeping all the secrets in
[Pre-Chorus]
Sunlight dances on the floor
Tracing paths across the door
I can hear the shadows sigh
Underneath a heavy sky
[Chorus]
Oh, the maze they used to keep
Where the silent vows would sleep
Hand in hand between the leaves
Woven through the summer eaves
Two hearts beat in velvet green
In a world that wasn't seen
[Post-Chorus]
Dusty motes and golden light
Hidden from the public sight
Softly plucked and softly played
In the garden where they stayed
[Verse]
Pruning roses, clipping vines
Tracing out the crooked lines
She would catch her lover's eye
As the swallows started to fly
Softest touch on linen sleeves
Hidden by the laurel leaves
[Pre-Chorus]
Sunlight dances on the floor
Tracing paths across the door
I can hear the shadows sigh
Underneath a heavy sky
[Chorus]
Oh, the maze they used to keep
Where the silent vows would sleep
Hand in hand between the leaves
Woven through the summer eaves
Two hearts beat in velvet green
In a world that wasn't seen
[Bridge]
Ink upon the yellowed sheet
Where the bitter and the sweet meet
Never spoke the words aloud
Wrapped within a silver cloud
Time has stolen every breath
Love that triumphed over death
Now the celesta starts to ring
Hear the ghosts begin to sing
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Oh, the maze they used to keep
Where the silent vows would sleep
Hand in hand between the leaves
Woven through the summer eaves
Two hearts beat in velvet green
In a world that wasn't seen
[Outro]