Velvet Ropes & Broken Promises

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[Intro: Elegant, tragic grand piano chords joined by slow, sweeping strings]

[Verse 1: Male Vocal]
The paparazzi flash at the entrance door
We’re gliding across the marble floor
You’re wearing the diamonds I bought you in May
To hide the fact that we're rotting away
The champagne is flowing, the crystal is bright
But we are so terribly empty tonight

[Verse 2: Female Vocal]
I smile at the heiress, I kiss the tycoon
While my heart is as cold as the dark side of the moon
The velvet ropes keep the commoners out
But they can't protect us from the deafening doubt
We're trapped in a cage made of platinum and gold
A glamorous story that’s leaving us cold

[Pre-Chorus: Both]
The flash and the glamour, the silk and the lace
A beautiful mask on a tragic face

[Chorus: Both]
Velvet ropes and broken promises
A masquerade ball of our gorgeous regrets
We sip on the ruin, we dine on the lies
Hiding the tragedy deep in our eyes
We've got everything money could ever buy
Except for a reason to not want to die

[Instrumental Interlude: A dramatic, baroque string arrangement swelling with sorrow]

[Verse 3: Male Vocal]
The caviar tastes like ash in my mouth
This empire of ours is heading strictly South
[Female Vocal]
We toast to the future, we toast to our health
While we suffocate slowly in all of this wealth

[Pre-Chorus: Both]
The flash and the glamour, the silk and the lace
A beautiful mask on a tragic face

[Bridge: Both]
[Male Vocal] Take off the diamonds.
[Female Vocal] Unlace the gown.
[Both] Watch as our beautiful kingdom burns down.
The VIP section is lonely and stark.
We are so rich, but we live in the dark.

[Outro: Both]
Velvet ropes...
[Female Vocal]: Let them fall.
[Male Vocal]: Losing it all.
[Both]: Goodnight, high society.

[Fading Outro: Grand piano playing a final, unresolved chord fading into silence]

[End]

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[Intro: Elegant, tragic grand piano chords joined by slow, sweeping strings] [Verse 1: Male Vocal] The paparazzi flash at the entrance door We’re gliding across the marble floor You’re wearing the diamonds I bought you in May To hide the fact that we're rotting away The champagne is flowing, the crystal is bright But we are so terribly empty tonight [Verse 2: Female Vocal] I smile at the heiress, I kiss the tycoon While my heart is as cold as the dark side of the moon The velvet ropes keep the commoners out But they can't protect us from the deafening doubt We're trapped in a cage made of platinum and gold A glamorous story that’s leaving us cold [Pre-Chorus: Both] The flash and the glamour, the silk and the lace A beautiful mask on a tragic face [Chorus: Both] Velvet ropes and broken promises A masquerade ball of our gorgeous regrets We sip on the ruin, we dine on the lies Hiding the tragedy deep in our eyes We've got everything money could ever buy Except for a reason to not want to die [Instrumental Interlude: A dramatic, baroque string arrangement swelling with sorrow] [Verse 3: Male Vocal] The caviar tastes like ash in my mouth This empire of ours is heading strictly South [Female Vocal] We toast to the future, we toast to our health While we suffocate slowly in all of this wealth [Pre-Chorus: Both] The flash and the glamour, the silk and the lace A beautiful mask on a tragic face [Chorus: Both] Velvet ropes and broken promises A masquerade ball of our gorgeous regrets We sip on the ruin, we dine on the lies Hiding the tragedy deep in our eyes We've got everything money could ever buy Except for a reason to not want to die [Bridge: Both] [Male Vocal] Take off the diamonds. [Female Vocal] Unlace the gown. [Both] Watch as our beautiful kingdom burns down. The VIP section is lonely and stark. We are so rich, but we live in the dark. [Outro: Both] Velvet ropes... [Female Vocal]: Let them fall. [Male Vocal]: Losing it all. [Both]: Goodnight, high society. [Fading Outro: Grand piano playing a final, unresolved chord fading into silence] [End]

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