The Carnival Of Hollow Souls | 🌟Weekly Drop🌟

[Intro] I lost my way beneath the trees, Then heard music upon the breeze. Through tangled thorns, a lantern gleamed, And drew me where no path had been. [Verse] When the last church bell devours twelve, The moon slips down from heaven's shelf. Through crooked woods, where cold winds crawl, A distant call begins to fall. The iron gates swing wide with grace, The fog puts on a painted face. The carousel horses whisper low, Of buried tales from long ago. Headless puppets tap their feet, To fiddles playing out of beat. A velvet tent, a crooked grin, And something beckons me within. [Pre-Chorus] The candles bow, the shadows rise, A thousand pinpricks wake their eyes. The midnight draws me further in. [Chorus] The Carnival of Hollow Souls Where crooked dreams and darkness stroll, Where ghostly merchants trade the past, And nothing beautiful can last. The goblets clink, the black bells chime, The dead return for one more time. Beneath the stars, beneath the tolls, The Carnival of Hollow Souls Tick-tock, tip-toe, Round we go Dancing dolls and crooked fools, Twirl beneath the midnight ghouls The Carnival of Hollow Souls [Verse] A vampire waltzes through the square, With powdered cheeks and raven hair. A goblin steals the hands of clocks, Then hides them underneath the docks. The ghosts sell memories in jars, Of first embraces, fallen stars. A headless doll conducts the band, With tiny bones in either hand. Behind the stalls, the shadows creep, While ancient secrets stir from sleep. The faded banners lose their hue, And every grin seems fixed on you. [Pre-Chorus] The lanterns flicker, colours fade, The laughter thins beneath the shade. The carnival knows something I don't. [Chorus] The Carnival of Hollow Souls Where every forgotten story goes, Where paper kingdoms split and bleed, And nameless things remember dreams. The violins begin to wail, As porcelain smiles grow cold and pale. The midnight fog consumes the road, While unseen hands unseal my soul. Click-clack, count the tolls, Down below Ghostly hands and shattered scrolls, Whispers crawl through buried holes The Carnival of Hollow Souls [Verse] An ancient booth stands all alone, Its wooden frame like splintered bone. A stack of tickets, stained and old, Lies underneath a hand of gold. I take one slip; the ink runs red, As distant laughter fills my head. The letters twist, then settle still, My name appears against my will. The ticket bears a date unknown, A life erased, completely disowned. I search my memory in vain, For every face, for a life to reclaim. [Bridge] What was I before the fog? A fleeting dream? A nameless thought? A child whose stories lost their flame? A vanished face no soul could claim? The clockwork chimes, the heavens tear, My empty footsteps lead nowhere. The mirror shows no life I know, Just hollow eyes beneath the glow. [Pre-Chorus] The thirteenth bell splits night in two, The ticket burns; the ink shines through. I know at last what I have become. [Final Chorus] The Carnival of Hollow Souls Where every lost imagination grows, Where forgotten dreams reclaim the night, And nameless creatures step into the light. Let trumpets crack the frozen sky, Let shattered constellations cry. We'll dance until the dawn turns black, And never beg the world come back. For every tale the living close, Another seed in darkness grows. The Carnival of Hollow Souls [Outro] The paper moons begin to fall, The fading fiddles leave their call. The lanterns fade in silver light, As fog devours the grounds from sight. The gates swing shut, the fog returns, A lonely candle twists and burns. No footsteps lead me back to day, The world has washed my past away. Round and round, the shadows roll, Hush now, hush, the hollow soul. The bells grow faint, the cold winds blow, Where forgotten dreamers go. The Carnival... The Carnival of Hollow Souls