Gilded Silt

[Intro]
[Verse]
Water climbs the marble stair
Salt is in my heavy hair
Midnight bell begins to chime
I am lost inside of time
Velvet curtains start to fray
As the moonlight turns to grey
Every candle flickers low
Nowhere left for me to go
[Pre-Chorus]
The canal is black as ink
Watch the heavy silver sink
I am left behind to stay
While the world just rots away
[Chorus]
My heart is a hollow hall
Waiting for your ghost to call
Love is just a gilded cage
Written on a bloody page
I’m the queen of everything
With a broken diamond ring
Eternal and alone
On a cold and flooded throne
[Post-Chorus]
(Ah-ah, ah-ah)
Queen of the silent tide
(Ah-ah, ah-ah)
With nowhere left to hide
[Verse]
I have seen the empires fall
Shadows crawling on the wall
Every face I loved is dust
Iron gates have turned to rust
Still I wear the heavy lace
Searching for a phantom face
Hunger is a quiet sound
In a city mostly drowned
[Pre-Chorus]
The canal is black as ink
Watch the heavy silver sink
I am left behind to stay
While the world just rots away
[Chorus]
My heart is a hollow hall
Waiting for your ghost to call
Love is just a gilded cage
Written on a bloody page
I’m the queen of everything
With a broken diamond ring
Eternal and alone
On a cold and flooded throne
[Hook]
Sinking down
In this town
Wear the crown
Don't you let me drown
[Bridge]
Ivy chokes the balcony
Drowning in this luxury
Drink the wine, it tastes like lead
I am living, you are dead
Cold and white and never-ending
Stop the lies and the pretending
Every heartbeat is a lie
I’m the girl who cannot die
[Solo]
[Chorus]
My heart is a hollow hall
Waiting for your ghost to call
Love is just a gilded cage
Written on a bloody page
I’m the queen of everything
With a broken diamond ring
Eternal and alone
On a cold and flooded throne
[Post-Chorus]
(Ah-ah, ah-ah)
Queen of the silent tide
(Ah-ah, ah-ah)
With nowhere left to hide
[Outro]