[Intro - Melancholic piano and deep cello] [Verse 1] Once in a forest of mirrors and frost, A woodman was loving his Nimmie Amee. But a mother’s dark hatred, a wicked design, She traded his flesh for a cold silver line. With every axe fall, a limb disappeared, He rebuilt in metal the life that he feared. It looked like courage, a shiny rebirth, But gray was the color of his heaven and earth. [Pre-Chorus] And I was dancing that waltz made of steel, Hiding the darkness I didn’t want to feel. Saying those words that I couldn't recall, Trapped in that body, behind a tin wall. [Chorus - Emotional and Powerful] The secret’s unveiled, the fairy tale’s gone, I stared at the void since the break of the dawn! I threw out my heart just to stop all the pain, Choosing to freeze instead of the rain. It wasn't love, it was cowardice too, To hide from the human, to hide from the true! [Verse 2] Too sure of the silence, too sure of the cage, While my double self was turning the page. Crying in corners, but leaving it be, Deceived by the armor, no longer me. Then came the impulse, a thunder inside, It shattered the metal, no place left to hide. [Guitar Solo - Emotional melodic solo, Slash style] [Bridge] Stagnant in iron, I thought I found peace, But a grave made of silver offers no release. Now sorrow’s a friend, walking close to my side, He’s holding my hand with nowhere to hide. [Chorus - Grand Finale] The secret’s unveiled, the fairy tale’s gone, I stared at the void since the break of the dawn! I shattered the tin, I chose to be free, In this endless wound, I found the real me. [Outro - Slow piano and fading guitar] No longer a shell... I am made of flesh. I am... myself again. [End]
