[Verse 1] I woke beneath the stair With a silver in my tongue The house was full of echoes And the clock had just begun A map was on the mirror Drawn in blood-orange chalk It pointed to the hallway Where my shadow learned to walk [Pre-Chorus] Oh, father of the hour Oh, mother of the door I heard the gears start singing From the cellar under floor [Chorus] I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Open me, open me wide I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Bury your name inside [Verse 2] Seventeen saints in silence Sat in a ring of bone They passed me cups of thunder And called the ruin home A kingship in the rafters A kingdom in the dust I kissed the painted emblem And turned my grief to rust [Pre-Chorus] Oh, veil of wrath and velvet Oh, throne of splintered glass The future wore my heartbeat Like a coin behind my past [Chorus] I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Open me, open me wide I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Bury your name inside [Bridge] [Breakdown] Now the moon is on the ceiling Now the choir lost its way Now the child in me is kneeling At the edge of yesterday Tell me, wind, what made me holy Tell me, flame, what made me blind I was built from broken splinters And a promise left behind [Final Chorus] I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Open me, open me wide I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Bury your name inside I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid Sing me back to the divide I am the clockwork orchid I am the clockwork orchid I will bloom when I am tried
