[Intro – Twisted waltz rhythm, strings groaning like old wood, calliope melody slightly off-tune] KAEDE (softly, sweetly): Once upon a nightmare… They called me light. Dressed me in a bow— Taught me how to fight. [Verse 1 – Slow, measured, theatrical] They said I was chosen— A beacon, a spark. But they fed me to wolves And blamed me for the dark. They stitched my name in silver thread, Hung halos over my head. But when I cracked and couldn’t smile— They turned away… Like I defiled. [Pre-Chorus – Louder, rising like a curtain lifting] A miracle child, a dazzling toy— Disposable when I lost their joy. Now I bloom where shadows grew… And I’ve brought friends with me too. [Chorus – Powerful, sweeping, twisted lullaby] Monsters wear ribbons too, Tiaras made of teeth. We bled to keep your heaven clean— While choking underneath. I am what your silence bred, A ghost in pink and white and red. So don’t you dare act surprised— When the mirror bites you back tonight. [Verse 2 – Faster, crueler, spinning energy like a carousel gone wrong] You loved us when we glowed, When we bowed and twirled and grinned. But girls with grief and breaking bones— They never get to win. You called us "heroes," held our hands— Until we made demands. Then locked the doors and turned the key… And whispered, "Wasn’t meant to be." [Pre-Chorus – Quieter, more personal] I remember every scream, The dreams you fed, the rotting cream. You made us dolls, then called us wrong— When we stopped dancing to your song. [Chorus – Full instrumentation, grand, furious] Monsters wear ribbons too, Mascara on their scars. We were angels, we were shields— Now we are your avatars. If pain is all we ever knew, Then we’ll make it truth for you. Pretty vengeance, sharpened charm— Let’s see how you handle harm. [Bridge – Haunting whisper, a lullaby turned threat] Do you remember my name? Did I matter, or was I flame? One flicker snuffed, one soul discarded… So now I haunt what you started. [Final Chorus – Key change, strings and drums thunder, triumphant] Monsters wear ribbons too, And darling, we look divine. Magic was a muzzle— But now the howl is mine. You wanted idols, bright and sweet— But forgot the blood beneath. So bow, and weep, and understand: The fallen queens now rule this land. [Outro – Music fades into a soft music-box version of the original transformation theme—off-key, slowly winding down]
