[Intro – Spoken, soft with dark amusement] “They say a chandelier is meant to light a room… Mine just happens to remember who I’ve burned.” [Verse 1 – The Seamstress] She hemmed my gowns in midnight thread, Kissed my neck, then turned and fled. She sold my secrets in a slip— Now she swings from wax-dripped grip. --- [Verse 2 – The Merchant King] He came in suits and silver tongues, Paid in gold and stolen lungs. He called me “dear,” he played polite— Now his cufflinks catch the light. --- [Verse 3 – The Knife Collector] She slept with blades beneath her back, A kiss, a trick, a quiet crack. She thought my throat would make her mark— Now she glints where it’s always dark. --- [Mid-Chorus – Soft and reverent, the hook] One by one, they swing above… In glass and bone and velvet love. They lit my path, they paid my price— My chandelier of sinners, twice. --- [Verse 4 – The Gambling Priest] He bet his tithe on my regret, Said God would pardon any debt. But gods don’t gamble. I do, though— Now he spins in candle glow. --- [Verse 5 – The Girl Who Lied] She bled in lace, she danced in lie, With rouge too red and eyes too dry. She whispered “truth” with every sway— Now her pearls don’t look away. --- [Verse 6 – The Whisper Twins] They came as one, a mirrored pair, With honeyed words and matching stares. They poisoned me with sugar lips— Now they click from separate grips. --- [Chorus – Velvet, bold and commanding] Oh chandelier, my crown of flame— Each name I took, each soul I claim. They danced, they lied, they tried to run— But all their threads come undone. Some were cruel and some were kind, But all left something dark behind. Now wax and ash, and love and price— My chandelier of sinners, twice. --- [Verse 7 – The Brothel Burners] Five fools with smoke upon their coats, Tried to torch my house of throats. They sent their girls to kill or die— So I made sure they both comply. I dressed the dead in powdered rouge, And stitched the air with retribution. Now their bones sway in my hall, Their girls sing soft… and never stall. --- [Bridge – Instrumental: Wind chimes, heartbeat bass, and distant screams] --- [Final Verse – Velvet’s Promise (Extended)] The chandelier still sways for me, Each hook a hymn, each chain a plea. The wax may melt, the night may fall— But I remember every call. Some begged for mercy, some for more, Some tried to crawl back through the door. But silk can slice, and sins will store— And there’s always room for plenty more. --- [Final Chorus – Full band, defiant and glorious] Swing, you devils, swing in flame— Each name I took, each soul I claim. Your light still burns, your truth still sings— In this room of crimson things. Oh chandelier, my silent choir— Sing with wax and bone and fire… And when I fall, if fall I must— I’ll hang beside you in the dust. --- [Outro – Spoken clearly, with an ending giggle] "Fetch me a ladder, darling. I feel.... sentimental." [Chandelier creaks. Final harmonic hum. Fade to silence.]
