[Instrumental INTRO – [Slow, reversed ambient tones, eerie wind and chimes]] [Spoken low, unsettlingly calm] Let me take you down 'Cause I'm going to Strawberry Veils [Softly, as if in a trance] Nothing feels real [With a whisper of dread] And no one comes back to tell [Chanted quietly, like a ritual] Strawberry Veils… farewell [Sung gently, eyes closed, almost lullaby-like] Breathing is easy with eyes sewn Misremembering all you dream [Growing darker] It’s getting hard to stay human, but it fades with time [Spoken, half-chuckled, haunted] And the silence starts to scream [Instrumental Break – [Off-key music box melody over wind and reversed whispers]] [Half-whispered, with grim joy] Let me take you down 'Cause I'm going to Strawberry Veils [Slowly, dazed] Nothing feels real [Chanted, with detached eeriness] And no one escapes the spell [Low harmony, fading into echo] Strawberry Veils… farewell [Sung, unsteady tone] No one I know walks out the trees I mean, they vanish high and low [Spoken quickly, paranoid tone] That is, you can’t, you know, tune out—but they still find you [Dragging, deepening voice] That is, I think they never go [Instrumental Break – [Children humming off-key, distorted violins rise]] [Whispered urgently, then drawn out] Let me take you down 'Cause I'm going to Strawberry Veils [Quietly gasped] Nothing feels real [Soft chanting, with regret] And nothing to scream about—well… [Breathy echo, reverent] Strawberry Veils… farewell [Sung softly, growing tense] Always, or sometimes, think it's me But you know… I know when they feed [Staggered rhythm, breath catching] I think I know, I mean—yes— But it’s all wrong [Shouted, then whispered again] That is, I think it’s not just me [Final Instrumental Break – [Heartbeat percussion, layered whispers, wind builds]] [Spoken slowly, almost weeping] Let me take you down 'Cause I'm going to Strawberry Veils [Soft, hollow tone] Nothing feels real [Almost inaudible, fading] And nothing you’ve known is left [Soft chant, like a funeral hymn] Strawberry Veils… till death [Repeated, gently, eerily smiling] Strawberry Veils… till death Strawberry Veils… till death [Instrumental OUTRO – [Static crackle, reversed lullaby, distant echo of a scream]
