[Intro] Tick-tock, the story now begins… [Verse 1] Candles flicker in masked eyes tonight Paper crowns and prayers built on lies Mixing poison into words so sweet Leading dreamers where the nightmares meet With a smile that wraps around too tight Justice dances in the stage-light bright Whispers cut like lacework silver knives Let the hunt begin beneath the night [Pre-Chorus] Don’t you cry tonight Everybody needs a villain now Draw the circle, light the flame Give the dark a name [Chorus] Storytime in the dead of night Set the fire “this is justice now” Spinning rumors never slowing down Watch the little witches light the sky Raise your voice and sanctify Even truth is rewritten now Once upon a last goodbye Dancing through the trial by moonlight [Verse 2] Velvet confessions softly fall tonight Turning shadows into branded crimes Spin the wheel of fate and watch it burn Someone’s sin becomes the crowd’s desire Thunder children with their innocent hands Marching to a rhythm they command Throwing reason to the hungry flames Truth is laughing as it fades away [Pre-Chorus 2] Now just pray tonight Every story needs a monster there Scarlet pages stained in red Justice builds a cage [Chorus] Storytime in the dead of night Set the fire “this is justice now” Spinning rumors never slowing down Watch the little witches light the sky Raise your voice and sanctify Even truth is rewritten now Once upon a last goodbye Dancing through the trial by moonlight (Choir) Moonlight… Moonlight… [Bridge] Mirror, mirror in the fire tonight Tell me who the sinner is now Is it me or is it you tonight? Who is pulling all the strings? When the curtain finally starts to fall Who will laugh the last of all? [Guitar Solo] (Neoclassical melodic solo → harmonized twin guitars → fast sweep picking → triumphant sustain) [Breakdown] Tick-tock hear the sound of judgment ring Never-ending fairy tale Ashes, sparks engraved into the flame Superstition feeds the fire again [Final Chorus] Storytime in the dead of night Burning higher into blinding light Higher, higher tearing through the sky Watch the phoenix paint the sky Scream aloud now don’t deny Truth will never fade away tonight Once upon a battle cry Rise beyond the trial by moonlight [Outro] Tick-tock… The witches never truly die
