[mix: vocal remains firmly forward against a dense but deliberately sparse instrumental bed; kick, snare and bass form the physical center while the recurring keyboard motif occupies the surrounding space; preserve transient impact and low-register authority without masking diction; effects remain subordinate to the rhythmic pocket] [PCM: 24bit] [Sample Rate: 96k] [LUFS: −9 dense-push] [Harmonics: odd-bite tube-smear] [Saturation: mild-iron parallel-heat] [Transients: sharp-front clipped-micro] [mix: vocal remains firmly forward against a dense but deliberately sparse instrumental bed; kick, snare and bass form the physical center while the recurring keyboard motif occupies the surrounding space; preserve transient impact and low-register authority without masking diction; effects remain subordinate to the rhythmic pocket] [PCM: 24bit] [Sample Rate: 96k] [LUFS: −9 dense-push] [Harmonics: odd-bite tube-smear] [Saturation: mild-iron parallel-heat] [Transients: sharp-front clipped-micro] [Verse 1] Sky bleeds red, a crystal cage gleams in the haze (yeah) City of mist, a gallows maze (whoa) The Manta reached the peak, a dream's embrace (oh yeah) But siren's song hides a devil's face (liar, liar) [Chorus] Betrayal's kiss, her moonlit tears (broken, broken) Leather black, red lip debris (tearing, tearing) Strangled hands, we scream on hi-EYE (higher, higher) Betrayer's kiss, beneath a Broken Sky (sky, sky) [Bridge] Teardrops paint rainbows, on this sodden plain (falling, falling) Friend turned foe, to entertain (destroy, destory) Darkness festers, her hypnotic song (coiling, coiling) My throbbing heart, hers only to wrong (mine, mine) [Verse 2] Six hidden secrets, stolen the night (secrets, secrets) Hieroglyphs tell of a starlit fight (lost, lost) Whip-wheel spins, a saucer of thorns (spinning, spinning) Golden black, now it's your turn (burn, burn) [Chorus] Betrayal's kiss, her moonlit tears (broken, broken) Leather black, red lip debris (tearing, tearing) Strangled hands, we scream on hi-EYE (higher, higher) Betrayer's kiss, beneath a Broken Sky (sky, sky) [Bridge] The city fades, a quantum dream (dreaming, dreaming) Key Keeper falls, just what is their scheme? (soaring, soaring) Pariah wins, this heart of lust (mine, mine) The second key, my lonely prize (forever, forever) [Outro] [Distorted guitar solo fades with a slow, mournful piano] Falling star streaks, a burning scar (falling, falling) Falling star streaks, through mountains far From her Tomb The Empress sees the sign "The fallen star," she whispers, "It will be mine." This fallen star It will Be Miiiiiine. [Screaming] From her Tomb The Empress sees the sign "The fallen star," she whispers, "It will be mine." "The fallen star," she whispers, "It will be mine." "The fallen star," she whispers, "It will be mine." "The fallen star," she whispers, "It will be mine." [Chorus] Betrayal's kiss, her moonlit tears (broken, broken) Leather black, red lip debris (tearing, tearing) Strangled hands, we scream on hi-EYE (higher, higher) Betrayer's kiss, beneath a Broken Sky (sky, sky) my Broken Sky (sky, sky) my Broken Sky (sky, sky) my Broken Sky (sky, sky) my Broken Sky (sky, sky) [acoustic guitar outro]
