Cadavara Waltz (Verse 1) The carriage stops where the iron meets the stone A gala for the broken, a court for the alone The chandeliers are weeping wax like frozen, white tears To drown the silent ringing of a hundred hollow years Your corset is a cage of bone, your silk is spun from dust The mirrors are all blinded by a century of rust (Chorus) Step into the circle, let the floorboards start to groan In the Cadavara Waltz, you never dance alone One step for the memory, two steps for the flame Three steps for the shadow that has forgotten its name Spin until the moonlight turns to ashes in your hand The finest masquerade in all this godless, gray land (Verse 2) The violins are splintered but they play a fevered tune Beneath the jaundiced staring of a low and heavy moon You’re dancing on the edge of things, where light and dark collide With a secret in your heartbeat that you've nowhere left to hide The velvet noose is tightening, the clock is striking dead But the music's much too loud to hear the words the ghosts have said (Chorus) Step into the circle, let the floorboards start to groan In the Cadavara Waltz, you never dance alone One step for the memory, two steps for the flame Three steps for the shadow that has forgotten its name Spin until the moonlight turns to ashes in your hand The finest masquerade in all this godless, gray land (Bridge) (Ooh, the ballroom is breathing...) (Ooh, the shadows are reaching...) Hold your breath and close your eyes Before the morning breaks the skies The fire’s at the curtain, the inferno’s at the door But we will dance until there is no ceiling, and no floor (Guitar Solo - Heavy, distorted, and melodic) (Outro) One last turn before the ash... One last breath before the crash... The waltz goes on... The waltz goes on... (Fade out to a single, haunting violin note and the sound of a flickering flame)