[intro | vocals: close, cool, controlled | instrumental: driving bass pulse, tight live drums, dark guitar shimmer | energy: mid-tempo, elegant defiance] forgotten cigarette ground into the marble floor black silk moving through the doorway like it’s done this all before [verse 1 | vocals: low, ironic, poised | instrumental: pulsing bass, crisp drums, tense guitar textures | energy: moving, dark, rebellious] wilting flowers by the staircase bruised gold flickering in the hall every eye turns soft with hunger when they think you’re set to fall ash and smoke around the laughter glasses tipped and silver bright all that tenderness gets louder when they smell a damaged night [pre-chorus | vocals: intimate, rising, quietly mocking | instrumental: drums tighten, bass forward, guitars lean in | energy: poised, dangerous] they don’t love the body standing they don’t love the living proof they want beauty on its knees with a trembling little truth [chorus | vocals: magnetic, steady, almost tender | instrumental: fuller groove, darker guitar bloom, driving drums | energy: defiant, ballroom venom] darlings of the downfall they love us on our knees begging pretty please but we'll dance at the ball [verse 2 | vocals: calm, sharper, amused underneath | instrumental: urgent bass line, martelé drums, wiry guitar accents | energy: moving, resistant] every room becomes a witness once a crack runs through the glass every mouth becomes more gracious when it thinks the worst might last they would dress the bruise in velvet call it honesty, call it grace only just to watch it darken in the warm light on your face [pre-chorus | vocals: closer, silk over steel | instrumental: tightening rhythm, bass pressing, clipped guitars | energy: held anger, refusal] they don’t want the pulse unbroken they don’t want the breath held proud they want one more lovely picture of a body failing loud [chorus | vocals: stronger, brighter steel, no pleading | instrumental: full section, rhythmic and dark | energy: rebellious, public] darlings of the downfall!!! they love us on our knees begging pretty please but we'll dance at the ball!!!! [bridge | vocals: lower, tight, contained fury | instrumental: stripped tension, tom-heavy drums, stalking bass, sharp guitar scrape | energy: rage contained, pushing back] scream and shout all your might we'll block it all we'll hold tonight no pretty begging no lowered head you don’t get to name us for dead [chorus | vocals: dominant, alive, almost smiling | instrumental: biggest lift, drums driving, guitars dark and bright at once | energy: refusal, movement] ddarlings of the downfall they love us on our knees begging pretty please but we'll dance at the ball [outro | vocals: cool, steady, still moving | instrumental: bass and drums carry forward, guitar decay | energy: unresolved, still living] black silk bruised gold still walking still whole
