[instrumental intro] [Verse 1] I came in with a monocle, high on static wine, Silver boots in velvet halls, lost in crooked time. Her laugh was dipped in mercury, her hair a comet’s flame, We danced beneath a chandelier of stars that spoke my name. [Verse 2] The orchestra was orbiting a dying golden moon, She fed me caviar of lies with a space-age silver spoon. Her whisper cracked the gravity, her glove slipped down my wrist, We kissed behind the curtain where the android poets hissed. [Chorus] Raise your glass to the end of class, The ballroom spins in holographic brass. Toast the ghosts who paid the toll— At the Velvet Scarab Ball, we lose control. Let the violins bleed, let the starlight crawl, We’re sinners in silk at the Velvet Scarab Ball. [Verse 3] A diplomat from Venus wept into his champagne, While cyborg courtesans sang dirges through the rain. The floorboards cracked from secret wars we danced upon with flair, And I, the jester general, lit up her solar hair. [Verse 4] She offered me a future with a dagger in her smile, Said, "Darling, truth is currency—but madness has more style." So I bowed into the madness, we tangoed on the breach, Where fallen kings and fractured queens toasted what they’ll never reach. [Bridge – Whispered with rising orchestral chaos] "Don’t trust the light, it hides the rot... We sip on stardust, but it's all we’ve got." [Chorus – Louder, faster, spiraling] Raise your glass to the end of class, The ballroom spins in holographic brass. Toast the ghosts who paid the toll— At the Velvet Scarab Ball, we lose control. Let the violins bleed, let the starlight crawl, We’re sinners in silk at the Velvet Scarab Ball. [Outro] As the ship collapses under class and call, We laugh in time — and waltz through the fall.
