[Intro] Candles flicker in the grand foyer... Dust turns slowly in chandelier light One... two... three... The house inhales [Verse] Silk skirts whisper down the staircase Gloved hands hover in the air No pulse... no breath... Yet partners everywhere Portrait eyes along the corridor Watch us glide across the floor Gilded frames tremble soft With every turn [Pre-Chorus] Hush now darling... Do not speak too loud The walls remember And they are proud [Chorus] Round we go... Through the echo of long ago In the manor down below Where the roses never grow Turn with me... Through a pale eternity At this ghostly revelry Do not let me fade [Add violins] [Verse] A violin cries from the balcony Thin and sweet and slightly off Drawn out notes... Like lace pulled tight Crystal glasses raised in air To lovers lost and vacant chairs We toast in time To absent hearts [Bridge] Do you feel the marble trembling? Hear the distant silver bells? Every step a soft surrender To the spell the ballroom tells One... two... three... Closer now to me One... two... three... No one leaves this waltzing sea [Final Chorus] Round we go... Past the windows black as crows Through the corridors of throes Where the cold camellia grows Stay with me... In this hushed aristocracy Bound in haunted harmony Until the candles die [Outro] The chandelier dims low... Silk dissolves in shadow One... two... three... Still... with... me...
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