[Intro] [Sparse eerie music box melody] [Low, deep synth bass drone] [Breathy whisper] Once upon... [Silence] [Verse 1 - The Stepmother] Mirror, mirror, on the cold stone wall, Who is the sweetest, the rarest of all? Not that pale girl with her ribbon of red, Sleeping so soundly on her mossy bed. [Verse 2 - The Snow White Witch] I bit the apple just to taste her fright, A beautiful poison in the quiet night. Hush now, little bird, don't make a sound, Buried deep under the frozen ground. [Verse 3 - The Stepfamily] Watch her sweep the ashes from the floor, Lock her away behind the cellar door. The glass is fragile, but malice is spun, We will dance until the night is done. Pour the tea and slice the golden lace, We’ll scrub the memory of her pretty face. Fit the slipper, break the bone, We take the high seat all alone. [Chorus] Once upon a midnight breath, We weave a pretty dance with death. Spin the thread and bite the fruit, Tear the happy ending from the root. Closer now, don't look away, The villains always have the final say. [Verse 4 - Rapunzel's Witch] Grow your gold, climb the stone so high, Touch the belly of the weeping sky. I kept you safe inside my lonely tower, A stolen bloom, my secret flower. Now the shears will sing against your hair, Leave you screaming in the desert air. No one is coming to climb your braid, Watch how fast the golden memories fade. [Verse 5 - Sleeping Beauty's Fairy] One sharp spindle for the sleeping prize, Close your heavy, violet eyes. A hundred years of briar and thorn, To keep the world away and leave it torn. [Verse 6 - Maleficent] No invitation for the feast they made, So watch the green fire rise and never fade. I curse the cradle with a heavy breath, A prick of iron, a taste of death. I watch the green vines choke the gate, A patient game of dragon's hate. Sleep now, darling, prick your skin, This is where our dark regimes begin. [Chorus] Once upon a midnight breath, We weave a pretty dance with death. Spin the thread and bite the fruit, Tear the happy ending from the root. Closer now, don't look away, The villains always have the final say. [Outro] Once upon... a quiet scream. Once upon... a broken dream. Whisper, whisper... now you see, They will never write a song for me. Hush... [Fade to black] [End]
