[Intro] (Sound of a music box playing a distorted lullaby, a slow, deep trip-hop drum beat enters like a heavy heartbeat) (Melancholic humming) [Female] [Verse 1] I still buy the milk, I still set the plate I sit by the window and I watch the gate The house is too quiet, the air is too cold Holding onto memories that I used to hold I swear I heard a cry from the nursery room But it’s just the wind singing songs of doom [Verse 2] The clock keeps ticking but my time has stopped Since the day the porcelain angel dropped I fold the tiny clothes, put them back in rows Where the little ghost of my happiness grows They tell me I should heal, they tell me to let go But they don't know the hunger of the hollow below [Pre-Chorus] (Strings build up a wall of mournful sound) I walk through the hallway, I talk to the wall Waiting for a shadow that’s too small to fall The reality breaks like a thin sheet of ice I would pay my own life as the ultimate price! [Chorus] (The beat gets heavier, layered with gothic industrial synth pads) (An empty cradle! An empty cradle!) Rocking in the dark with a phantom angel! (Singing lullabies! Singing lullabies!) To a beautiful dream that forever dies! I’m drowning in a room that is painted in blue Tell me, my baby, can you hear me too? [Verse 3] I talk to the shadows, I sing to the air Rocking back and forth in the wooden chair The guilt is an ocean, it’s pulling me down In this empty house in a silent town My husband is packed and he’s gone out the door He couldn't take the weeping on the bedroom floor [Verse 4] I look at the dust on the teddy bear's face A museum of sorrow in a forgotten place I know that you’re gone, but my heart won't agree I’m locked in the prison of my own memory I need to wake up from this waking decay Before the last pieces of me drift away [Bridge] (The drums stop, only a weeping cello and a faint ticking clock remain) The room is so empty... (So cold...) The crib is so still... (So old...) I’m holding a blanket with nobody inside A broken mother with nowhere to hide (Vocals rise to an emotional scream) Why did you leave me?! [Chorus] (Heavy dramatic climax, massive industrial beats and orchestral strings) (An empty cradle! An empty cradle!) Rocking in the dark with a phantom angel! (Singing lullabies! Singing lullabies!) To a beautiful dream that forever dies! I’m drowning in a room that is painted in blue Tell me, my baby, can you hear me too? [Outro] (The music box from the intro plays again, slower and more out of tune) (Sound: The creaking of a rocking chair) (Whispered) Sleep well, my love. Mommy’s still here. (Sound: The music box winds down completely and stops) [End]
