CORAL CASTLE [Verse 1] There's a castle underneath the sea Made of coral, glass, and candy dreams Turquoise towers reaching toward the moon Little fish are humming out of tune I knocked three times upon the door A mermaid answered from the floor She wore a crown of broken shells And smiled like she had stories to tell [Pre-Chorus] “Come inside, but don't you wander Don't ask questions, don't look under Everything is beautiful here So don't ruin it with your fear” [Chorus] Welcome to the Coral Castle Where everything is sweet and pastel Pink little rooms and a chandelier But there's something strange hiding here Welcome to the Coral Castle Pretty little secrets in the walls Everybody's laughing, everybody's dancing Nobody talks about the locked-up halls [Verse 2] I saw names carved into the stone Names of girls who came alone Pictures hanging crooked on the wall Each one staring like they knew it all A silver staircase spiraled down Past the sleeping mermaids in their gowns I heard a little tapping sound Coming from somewhere underground [Pre-Chorus] “Don't go down,” they told me sweetly “Stay upstairs and smile completely” But curiosity pulled my hand Toward the place they said I shouldn't stand [Chorus] Welcome to the Coral Castle Where everything is sweet and pastel Pink little rooms and a chandelier But there's something strange hiding here Welcome to the Coral Castle Pretty little secrets in the walls Everybody's laughing, everybody's dancing Nobody talks about the locked-up halls [Bridge] I opened up the hidden door And found a garden on the ocean floor All the flowers faced the same way Like they'd been waiting there every day A little girl looked up at me She whispered, “You're finally free” I asked her what she meant by that She pointed toward the castle's cracked glass [Final Chorus] Goodbye to the Coral Castle Where everything was sweet and pastel Pretty little lies can shine But they don't stay pretty all the time Goodbye to the Coral Castle I'm leaving all its secrets there The ocean's wide, the world is bigger And I can finally breathe fresh air [Outro] Coral walls, coral halls Pretty castles always fall I won't live behind the glass I'm swimming toward the surface at last...
