[Instrumental] [Verse 1, soft angelic female voice] Once there was a painted land Golden towers carved by hand Rivers sang through crystal veins Sunlight crowned the emerald plains Children danced beneath the sky Snow-white swans would drift nearby Every prayer the stars would hear No one whispered words like fear But beneath the garden floor Something ancient breathed once more [Pre-Chorus - whispered ominous female voice] The wind began to speak in tongues The roses bled instead of bloom The moon looked down with hollow eyes And crowned the sky with doom [Chorus] Fairytale kingdom drowning in the dark Golden crowns now rust and decay Every dream has left a poisoned mark Nothing pure can stay Angels hanging from the shattered sky Feathers falling like a storm Heaven closed its silver eyes And birthed a nightmare born [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 2, dark powerful ominous female vocals] Mirror lakes turned black as tar Stars fell down like dying scars Forests twisted bone and vine Roots drank deeply from the shrine Lullabies became a scream Children woke from endless dreams Castle walls began to weep Secrets buried far too deep Something clawed beneath the throne Hungry for a crown of bone [Pre-Chorus] The bells once ringing hope and grace Now toll for something cursed The kingdom begged the light to stay But darkness answered first [Chorus] Fairytale kingdom drowning in the dark Golden crowns now rust and decay Every dream has left a poisoned mark Nothing pure can stay Angels hanging from the shattered sky Feathers falling like a storm Heaven closed its silver eyes And birthed a nightmare born [Bridge - eerie female vocals] The princess sleeps with frozen breath Her lullaby now sings of death The king still sits upon his throne But worms have claimed the royal bones The dragons circle ruined spires Breathing ash instead of fire And every prayer the people cried Was answered by the other side [Final Chorus] Fairytale kingdom buried in the night Every story torn apart Magic drowned in rivers black as spite Rotting every heart Dreamers fade like dying stars Lost beyond the storm A paradise devoured by scars A nightmare world reborn [Outro - haunting female vocals] Now the towers sleep in ash and bone No living soul remains to roam The crowns lie buried in the dust Rot beneath forgotten trust The swans have fled the poisoned streams Silence swallows shattered dreams And in the woods where children played Only ghosts of light remain The wind still whispers through the stone Of the kingdom overthrown Where once the fairytale was sworn Now only nightmares call it home. [Instrumental]
