They told me the world was wide But the world is only twelve feet by twelve feet The meadows stretch out like a green-lush wall A distant ringing echoes down the hall I’m drifting through the smell of silver light Beyond the reach of morning or the night No weight on my shoulders, no ticking on the clock Just the steady click-clack rhythm of the lock The air is getting thick, the shadows getting long The melody is right, but the words are feeling wrong (Watch it move... watch it break...) We dancing in the fire of a ghost dream! Screaming at the silence, 'til the silence screams! I lost my crown, I lost my way, I’m losing my mind! Looking for a heaven that a man can't find! VELVET! Writing my spirit on a blank white page! VELVET! The king is a prisoner, center stage! The faces in the frames, they start to bleed and blur I’m a memory of the person that I were It’s quiet now, the static’s finally gone But the "break of dawn" is just a light they’ve turned on I’m watching from a mile away, out of my soul While the man in the white coat takes total control And the waves are breaking high above the floor I can’t remember what I’m waiting for... The sky is turning velvet, deep and wide With nowhere left to run and nowhere left to hide. A sudden, sharp violin screech cuts through the air OH-OH-OH! We dancing in the fire of a ghost dream! Screaming at the silence, 'til the silence screams! I lost my crown, I lost my way, I’m losing my mind! Looking for a heaven that a man can't find! The meadow was the wallpaper. The ringing was the dinner bell. The velvet sky... Is just the padded ceiling of my cell.
