[Verse 1] [Piano intro with a slightly off-kilter melody]
In halls of mirrors, faces gleam
A silent movie, a waking dream
The air is thick with yesterday
And promises that slipped away

[Pre-Chorus] [Bass line becomes more prominent]
A painted smile, a vacant stare
Is anyone truly really there?
The clock is ticking, out of time
Lost in this pantomime

[Chorus] [Full band enters, slightly theatrical]
Oh, the strange delight of being lost
A cosmic wanderer, counting the cost
Of gravity and gilded chains
Dancing in the pouring rain

[Verse 2] [Saxophone subtly weaves in and out]
A cigarette burns in a crystal hand
A map of nowhere, in this promised land
The buildings whisper secrets old
Stories that have never been told

[Pre-Chorus] [Tempo slightly increases]
A painted smile, a vacant stare
Is anyone truly really there?
The clock is ticking, out of time
Lost in this pantomime

[Chorus] [More powerful and layered]
Oh, the strange delight of being lost
A cosmic wanderer, counting the cost
Of gravity and gilded chains
Dancing in the pouring rain

[Bridge] [Tempo slows, piano becomes more melancholic]
Is there a way to break these walls?
To answer freedom's distant calls?
Or are we doomed to play our part
Trapped within this work of art?

[Chorus] [Returns with a sense of acceptance]
Oh, the strange delight of being lost
A cosmic wanderer, counting the cost
Of gravity and gilded chains
Dancing in the pouring rain

[Outro] [Fades out with piano and saxophone, leaving a lingering feeling of bittersweet wonder]
Dancing in the rain...
Lost... in the rain...
