Silk Knives in the Palace

Cinematic East-Asian drama ballad with female vocals; mournful guzheng and pipa arpeggios over deep, rolling drums; verses stay hushed with breathy close-mic vocal and sparse flute lines; chorus swells with layered harmonies, powerful long notes, and low strings; final section lifts into a brighter, victorious cadence while keeping a dark, tragic undercurrent in the chords, dramatic, romantic, musical, female vocals

[Verse 1] Lantern smoke Crimson gate Hair pinned high Hiding fate Sister's name stitched in my sleeve Every step I swear You’ll grieve Perfumed halls Poisoned tea Smiling masks watching me On her throne That painted snake Counting lives she loves to break [Chorus] I came with a dagger of silk in my hand Just a shadow slipping over your land But you saw the storm burning under my skin Now my heart’s a traitor Letting you in If I fall I fall beside you In this palace built on bones Love in a house of knives Cutting through her throne [Verse 2] You walk past Gold and white Eyes like dusk before the night Say my name soft as a prayer How do you make me want to care? In her game We’re numbered stones She laughs loud Breaking bones Yet in secret Ink and plan You and I redraw her land [Chorus] I came with a dagger of silk in my hand Just a shadow slipping over your land But you saw the storm burning under my skin Now my heart’s a traitor Letting you in If I fall I fall beside you In this palace built on bones Love in a house of knives Cutting through her throne [Bridge] Can I love the crown I swore to stain? (ah) Can your touch wash out this pain? If the blade must taste the night Will you hold me through the fight? When her crimson banners drown in flame Will you still whisper my name? (oh) If we walk out stained and scarred Choose my hand over your guard [Chorus] I came with a dagger of silk in my hand Now we’re writing justice into the sand You still see the storm burning under my skin Yet you hold the lightning Call it your sin If we fall We fall together From this palace built on bones Love in a house of knives Taking back the throne

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