[Intro: Solo Cello, slow, mournful] Ahhh.... [Verse 1: Male Baritone, whispered storyteller] By day she glides on glass, too white to paint A waltz on Blackwater, holy and calm Neck like a question, turning, turning Come closer, she listens to the cello's wail [Chorus: Female Soprano, beautiful, sad] Dance, dance, my white swan One, two, three on the lake Beautiful, beautiful, till light is gone Dance, dance till you wake [Verse 2: Dark shift, strings tremolo, male voice darker] Sun bleeds out behind the pines White begins to bruise to black Her beak splits, her neck unhinges Talons rise from where feet should be [Bridge: Terrifying Waltz, Choir + Cello screech] Listen, the wings unfold, ten feet, twenty Same waltz, same count, one two three Not dancing now, hunting Hunting the fear in your breath [Chorus: Both voices, terrifying and calm] She was
