The Hour has crept
[Intro | whispered, ceremonial] Seal the gates with gold and breath Tonight we dance with borrowed death [Verse 1 | hushed, stately, baroque] Velvet corridors drink the flame Perfumed lies conceal the blame Silk-gloved hands applaud the night Chandeliers drip borrowed light Marble mouths refuse to pray While fever hums beneath the sway Laughter rings like porcelain Thin as skin stretched over sin [Pre-Chorus | tension tightening] Behind each mask a pulse counts time A metronome of rot and crime We drown the tolling, slow and sweet With violins and powdered feet [Chorus | solemn, anthemic, restrained] Dance while the clock bleeds red Spin in circles the truth has fed No name escapes, no vow is kept The debt is due, the hour has crept [Verse 2 | darker, creeping] Seven chambers dressed in hue From birthlit blue to blackened view Each room denies the one before Each step a lie we can’t ignore The final hall exhales a chime A blackened breath that murders time No mirrors here, no safe disguise Only teeth behind our eyes [Pre-Chorus 2 | heavier, ominous lift] We sealed the doors, we praised the wine Declared ourselves beyond the sign But plague wears crowns we can’t outrun It waits until the dance is done [Chorus | fuller, darker] Dance while the clock bleeds red Spin in circles the truth has fed No name escapes, no vow is kept The debt is due, the hour has crept [Bridge | intimate, infernal calm] He enters dressed in borrowed skin No sound of step, no breath within A crimson smile without a face An invitation we can’t erase No blade, no wound, no violent plea Just certainty dressed silently The mask comes off, the lie collapses The future rots in perfect lapses [Breakdown | low, ritualistic, percussive] Tick. Pulse. Breath undone. The dance ends where it begun. [Final Chorus | solemn collapse] Dance while the clock bleeds red Spin in circles the truth has fed No crown endures, no sin is slept The debt is due, the hour has crept [Outro | fading, funereal] No walls remain No guests persist Only the red And the silence it kissed [End]
