Shadows Fall Down

Intro] (soft, echoing, with crystalline synth undertones) There’s such a wild storm Deep in your gaze A queen turned to ashes In a goblin maze I’ll weave the night around you Till the dawn forgets its name Come back, my shadowed one Play the game… [Verse 1] You raged like thunder in our crystal hall Fists of fire, words like poisoned darts Then the numbness crept, a winter over all You whispered cruel spells to break my heart No love remains, you said, no wife, no chain The throne is cold, the kingdom torn apart Police lights danced like fireflies in the rain Yet here I stand, still holding your dark art [Pre-Chorus] What kind of sorcery to mend this break? (Shadows and sighs?) Or tears that never wake? (Thunder or heartbreak?) [Chorus] Dance, sorrow dance Dance through the pain Falling, falling down As our world falls down Every dream is gone Wasn’t too much fun at all But I’ll be there for you-ou-ou As the shadows fall down Falling Falling in hope Falling in love As the world falls down [Verse 2] Two little princesses with wide wondering eyes Cling to the echoes of your vanished smile Social shadows came, whispered their lies But truth prevailed, no chains, no trial You called the courts to sever our enchanted thread Papers like spells to cast me far away Yet in the silence, my heart refuses dead I fight the dark to bring back yesterday [Pre-Chorus] What kind of magic vow to call you home? (Embers and stone?) Or love carved in bone? (Something forbidden? Something alone?) [Chorus] Dance, sorrow dance Dance through the pain Falling, falling down As our world falls down Every thrill is gone Wasn’t too much fun at all But I’ll be there for you-ou-ou As the shadows fall down Falling Falling in hope Falling in love As the world falls down [Verse 3] My own body betrays, a crippled king’s curse Illness weaves its webs through bone and vein Depression crowns me, heavy and perverse Yet I rise each night to call your name again Burnout’s cruel goblin stole your fire away Left you hollow, raging, then so still But I believe the flame hides in the gray Waiting for my voice upon the hill [Verse 4] You shut the doors, you barred the crystal gate Said forever’s just a fool’s sweet lie Our daughters’ laughter echoes in your hate But love’s a labyrinth, we can’t deny I’ve walked the turns, I’ve faced the beast within My disability a chain, yet still I strive To pull you from the storm that holds you in And see our kingdom once more alive [Pre-Chorus] What kind of spell to turn the night to day? (Whispers and pleas?) Or dreams that never fray? (Lightning or reprieve?) [Chorus] Dance, sorrow dance Dance through the pain Falling, falling down As our world falls down Every dream is gone Wasn’t too much fun at all But I’ll be there for you-ou-ou As the shadows fall down Falling Falling in hope Falling in love As the world falls down [Bridge] (slower, intimate, building intensity) Within you, within you The queen still breathes, I know Though the mask has cracked And the ballroom’s glow Has faded to coal I’ll wait beyond the walls With crystals in my hand Till burnout’s spell dissolves And you reach to take my stand No force, no chain, just open skies Come back, my love, before the illusion dies… [Verse 5] The children sleep with stories of our reign Their tiny hands still reach for what was whole My heart a broken crown, yet through the pain I sing this charm to heal your soul One day the storm will tire, the numbness flee You’ll see the path that leads you back to me For love’s a magic deeper than the sea And I’ll be king no more without my queen [Outro] (fading echoes, repetitive, hypnotic) Falling Falling down As the shadows fall down Falling Falling in hope Falling in love As the world falls down Falling… I’ll be there for you-ou-ou As the world falls down Falling… Come back… Falling in love As the world falls down