[Intro]
Steps on velvet, echoes fall
Words unsaid behind the wall
Spinning doors and paper moons
Crimson shadows cross the room

[Verse 0]
Pale reflections in my tea
Dusty patterns, incomplete
Ghosts recite the empty creed
Trading names for what they need

[Verse 1]
Gold-lined hallway, numbers fade
Scribbled riddles hiding in the shade
Footsteps tapping through the wax-lit hall
Turning portraits face the wall

[Pre-Chorus]
Smoke and silence, breathing slow
Every face, a mask I know

[Chorus]
I've seen the faces in the black parade
Trading secrets in a silent charade
Shadowed figures drift across my mind
Searching for a truth the world won't find

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Verse 2]
Cold hands touch the rusted door
Painted laughter stains the floor
Memories flicker, twist, and turn
Silver ashes still refuse to burn

[Pre-Chorus]
Through the mirror, walking slow
Where I end, nobody knows

[Chorus]
I've seen the faces in the black parade
Trading secrets in a silent charade
Shadowed figures drift across my mind
Searching for a truth the world won't find

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Bridge]
Curtained windows counting time
Lipstick warnings in a crooked line
Puppets dangle over polished stone
Humming secrets all alone

[Verse 3]
Empty suitcase, open wide
Half-truths tangled deep inside
Spirals drawn along the faded tile
Tracing questions for a while

[Pre-Chorus]
Masks in motion, moving slow
Turning faces I once know

[Chorus]
I've seen the faces in the black parade
Trading secrets in a silent charade
Shadowed figures drift across my mind
Searching for a truth the world won't find

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Outro]
Curtains drawing, shadows blend
Answers hidden round each bend
Silent laughter in the stairwell air
Leaving questions hanging there

Footprints fade, dissolve in light
Yesterday slips out of sight
Turning slowly, doors remain
Always searching, still the same

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Coda]
Paint peels softly from the frame
Hallways fold into a name
Silent keeper, pass me by
Puzzle pieces dressed in sky

[Refrain]
Empty corners, open doors
Follow shadows, nothing more

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Outro II]
Clock hands drifting without sound
Paper stories swirling round
Hands in pockets, eyes half closed
Follow shadows no one knows

[Pre-Chorus]
Empty stairways, moving slow
Familiar footsteps where I go

[Chorus]
I've seen the faces in the black parade
Trading secrets in a silent charade
Shadowed figures drift across my mind
Searching for a truth the world won't find

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Verse 4]
Shuttered windows, threadbare dreams
Worn out logic splits the seams
Cracks in reason quietly expand
Folding secrets in my hand

[Pre-Chorus]
Faded faces drifting slow
Turning tides I used to know

[Chorus]
I've seen the faces in the black parade
Trading secrets in a silent charade
Shadowed figures drift across my mind
Searching for a truth the world won't find

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Finale]
Lantern flickers in the gloom
Shadows scatter from the room
Fade away on slippered feet
Endless journey in repeat

[Finale]
Lantern flickers in the gloom
Shadows scatter from the room
Fade away on slippered feet
Endless journey in repeat

[Post-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Round and round
Lost below

[Afterword]
A sigh behind forgotten doors
Ink stains left on marbled floors
Old illusions crowd the stair
Vanished answers in the air

[Tag]
Quiet footsteps, leaving slow
All that’s hidden, all you know
Dust unsettles, drifting on
One more secret, almost gone
