[Intro: vintage piano, upright bass, brushed drums, muted trumpet, clarinet; smoky speakeasy ballroom, cinematic strings; no vocals] [Young Strong Male Lead Only: low, wounded] I want you safe You want me gone You say those things Like a violin drawn wrong A guided lie A vacant stare It’s like I was Never really there [Fragile Female Answer Only: breathy, cold] I wanted peace You wanted proof You made a storm Out of every little truth A gilded heart A royal stare You looked at me Like I was already there [Pre-Chorus: call and response, no harmony] [Young Strong Male Call Only:] Run, run [Fragile Female Response Only:] Say what you mean [Young Strong Male Call Only:] I was forever your ghost [Fragile Female Response Only:] And you were never my king [Chorus 1: trade lines clearly, then harmonize] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] I’m a mirage Your hands Full of sand [Fragile Female Answer Only:] I’m a mirage You’re a man Made of sand [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Can you catch me? [Fragile Female Overlaps Male:] Can I catch thee? [Both Harmonize: female above male] I’m a mirage Made of sand [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Call me Gingerbread Man [Fragile Female Answer Only:] Call me Cinderella [Both Harmonize:] I’ll be in Neverland I’ll rule Neverland [Verse 2: piano and low guitar] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] I thought this was real I began to heal That spell you cast Thank God it didn’t last [Fragile Female Answer Only:] You wore your pain Like a crown Then blamed the girl Who wouldn’t bow down [Young Strong Male Lead Only: crooked bite on “tincture”] This was stranger Escaped your danger You called it adventure Sweetheart, take your tincture [Fragile Female Answer Only:] You don’t have To take my head When you never had My heart instead [Pre-Chorus 2: call and response, bigger] [Young Strong Male Call Only:] Run, run [Fragile Female Response Only:] Say what you mean [Young Strong Male Call Only:] I was forever your ghost [Fragile Female Response Only:] And you were never my king [Chorus 2: bigger drums, layered guitars] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] I’m a mirage Your hands Full of sand [Fragile Female Answer Only:] I’m a mirage You’re a man Made of sand [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Can you catch me? [Fragile Female Overlaps Male:] Can I catch thee? [Both Harmonize: female above male] I’m a mirage Made of sand [Both Harmonize:] Glass slipper in my hand Rabbit hole where I land [Bridge: stripped, whispered, one at a time] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] I’m glad to know That this was fiction I learned slow [Fragile Female Answer Only:] I’m glad to know That this was fiction I yearned so long [Both In Unison:] Now here’s the friction [Young Strong Male Lead Only: regal, wounded] You frown In your crown I see it now— The conviction You don’t have To take my head When you already hold My heart instead [Fragile Female Answer Only: sharp peak] I called it love You called it debt No remorse For the knife you kept [Young Strong Male Lead Only: heavier] You wanted an end I called you friend No remorse That’s right You wanted a corpse [Final Chorus: full band explosion] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] I’m a mirage Your hands Full of sand [Fragile Female Answer Only:] I’m a mirage You’re a man Made of sand [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Can you catch me? [Fragile Female Overlaps Male:] Can I catch thee? [Both Harmonize: full power] I’m a mirage Made of sand Breadcrumbs past the bark A wolf in the dark [Final Tag: alternate, then harmonize] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Call me Gingerbread Man [Fragile Female Answer Only:] Call me Cinderella [Both Harmonize:] I’ll be in Neverland I’ll rule Neverland [Outro: piano and voices only] [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Can you catch me? Not anymore [Fragile Female Answer Only:] Can I catch thee? Not anymore [Young Strong Male Lead Only:] Your hands On the floor [Fragile Female Answer Only:] Your crown On the floor [Both In Unison: quiet final] Look Nothing more Finally Nothing more [End: long reverb tail, soft piano fade]
