Amanita Queen

[Verse 1] Beneath the birch where the snow turns blue She was waiting like they always do Red cap gleaming, white spots bright Like funeral stars in a winter night She don't come when you call her name She comes when the blood remembers shame And the mushrooms ring in a fairy crown Amanita, spinning down [Verse 2] I followed her through a fever haze Past the wolves and the woodland maze Her fingers long, her laughter low A waltz with a queen of the undertow She showed me visions, cracked and wide My whole life from the other side I saw my mother, I saw my grave I saw the version of me I couldn't save [Pre-Chorus - Theatrical Build] She don't heal, she don't forgive She just makes you see how you really live Step inside, the curtain falls Amanita takes you through the walls [Chorus] Amanita Queen in her red crown Spins my bones till the sky falls down White spots shining like funeral stars She knows exactly what we are Laughing low where the wolves won't go Dancing barefoot in the snow Amanita, take my hand Lead me through your feverland [Verse 3] She poured me poison in a thimble cup Said, "Drink it down, boy, and give it up Every mask you built, every wall you made Every time you smiled when you should have prayed" I drank it slow, the world went strange The trees began to rearrange My shadow stood and walked away And I became the price I pay [Pre-Chorus - Theatrical Build] She don't comfort, she don't plead She just plants a terrifying seed Hold your breath, the stage is set Amanita hasn't finished yet [Chorus] Amanita Queen in her red crown Spins my bones till the sky falls down White spots shining like funeral stars She knows exactly what we are Laughing low where the wolves won't go Dancing barefoot in the snow Amanita, take my hand Lead me through your feverland [Bridge - Spoken/Theatrical, Accordion Peak] (Spoken over carnivalesque waltz) In the old world, they said she was the gatekeeper Between the living and the laughing dead She didn't promise you would come back whole She only promised you would come back... fed (Choir swells) Fed on truth... fed on bone... Fed on every lie you've ever known... [Final Chorus - Maximum Theatrical Explosion] Amanita Queen in her red crown Burns the forest to the ground White spots burning, final scars She made me see what we really are Laughing loud, the spell is cast The fever breaks, the die is passed Amanita, I understand There ain't no coming back from feverland [Outro - Decaying Carnival, Whispered] Red crown... red crown... Feverland... feverland... (Accordion fades to silence)