1. BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER

I wish I was still inside
My dream made of your lies
But it was as if I was compelled to
Prick my finger on the spinning wheel
A difficult inner ordeal

Oh, I've ruined it all, oh

And as Aurora pricked her finger
And Pandora opened the box
I got inside Bluebeard's chamber
Which forcefully woke me up

I wish I was still inside
My dream made of your lies
Where we were having peculiar chemistry
That left me breathlessly, but apparently
I have the tendency to ruin it all

Oh, ruin it all, oh

And as Aurora pricked her finger
And Pandora opened the box
I got inside Bluebeard's chamber
Which forcefully woke me up
And as Psyche shone a light
To see what she could not
I got inside Bluebeard's chamber
Which forcefully woke me up

Now I cannot wash this blood off
I have seen too much and stained your trust
I cannot wash this blood off
It spreads with every touch
I'm covered in blood

Oh, I've ruined it all, oh
Ruined it all

And as Aurora pricked her finger
And Pandora opened the box
I got inside Bluebeard's chamber
Which forcefully woke me up
And as Psyche shone a light
To see what she could not
I got inside Bluebeard's chamber
Which forcefully woke me up


2. THE HERMIT AND THE LOVER

You walked in like an intruder
With every footstep the floor would squeak
I was hiding behind the curtain
As if we were playing hide and seek

You called us the Hermit and the Lover
You'd find me, it's in the cards
You called us the Hermit and the Lover
A frightening stranger to my solitary heart

Being with you felt like being alone without loneliness
You brought life to this parlor's ghostliness
Oh, oh, you brought life to this parlor's ghostliness

You came in like a flower
That grew out of the hardwood floor
Where I was hiding behind the curtain
Being part of this parlor's decor

You called us the Hermit and the Lover
You'd find me, it's in the cards
You called us the Hermit and the Lover
A frightening stranger to my solitary heart

Being with you felt like being alone without loneliness
You brought life to this parlor's ghostliness
Being with you felt like euphoria without opiates
You brought life to this parlor's ghostliness
Oh, oh, you brought life to this parlor's ghostliness

I'm back again, behind the curtain
A place forgotten, covered with dust

The velvet and the smell of must
Give me comfort and a sense of trust

Yet you left me staring out of the window
With a secret sense of wanderlust

Being with you felt like being alone without loneliness
You brought life to this parlor's ghostliness
Being with you felt like euphoria without opiates
You brought life to this parlor's ghostliness
Oh, oh, you brought life to this parlor's ghostliness


3. THE FOSSILIZED WIDOW

My hand got frozen to the planchette
My eyes fixated on the letters of the alphabet
I think I'm slowly turning mad
I wonder if this board has some kind of defect

'Cause I don't know why it's always moving towards "goodbye"
I have so many questions left
So many questions left

How I want to kiss you in your glass casket
And wake you up again like dark magic
But I'm still here where you left me
'Cause when we both died I got frozen in time
I got frozen in time

Oh, I've got nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Bloodshot eyes, hysterical laughter
Nowhere to go, nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Searching for a glimpse of you

My hand got frozen to the planchette
There are so many words left unsaid
Where are you, my murderer?
You can't just leave me here, utterly bereft
Utterly bereft

Oh, I've got nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Bloodshot eyes, hysterical laughter
Nowhere to go, nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Searching for a glimpse of you

Spiders are crawling
Dust is dancing in a tiny streak of light
It's turning into a proper haunted mansion
Where time stood still, and lovers have died
Where curious children are climbing through a broken window
To see if the legend is true
And get a glimpse of the fossilized widow, widow, widow, widow

With her hand frozen to the planchette
Her eyes fixated on the letters of the alphabet

Oh, I've got nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Trying to reach you in the hereafter
Nowhere to go, nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Searching for you, bloodshot eyes, hysterical laughter
Nowhere to go, nothing to do but scream at the rafters
Searching for a glimpse of you


4. MY LONELY CRUSADE

You deprived me of my freedom and crown
Then telling me to calm myself down
Making your way through town
Spreading propaganda and lies
While locking me up inside
Telling me I've completely lost my mind

I have a temper, I have a rage
Loving you madly from inside my cage
Where I'm the leader of my lonely crusade
I'm truly mad for loving you
For you left me here moping in solitude
I'm left to the mercy of you

You made it look so easy
Dismissing my emotions as insanity
While you were out starting wars
Punching walls, slamming doors

Now you're slowly killing me
I'm legally dead
You made it look so easy
But I am not dead yet
Oh, you're slowly killing me
I'm legally dead
You made it look so easy
But I am not dead yet, I am not dead yet

Everything I do or say
Gets twisted in some kind of way
While you were out starting wars
Punching walls, slamming doors

Now you're slowly killing me
I'm legally dead
You made it look so easy
But I am not dead yet
Oh, you're slowly killing me
I'm legally dead
You made it look so easy
But I am not dead yet, I am not dead yet

I have a temper, I have a rage
Loving you madly from inside my cage
Where I'm the leader of my lonely crusade


5. FLORIOGRAPHY

Will you talk to me through floriography?
Will you throw me a letter into
The raging sea or should I stop?

I've been listening to ghosts
Imperceptible but so close
Searching for whispers to expose
I hope you're messaging me in code
Been reading all the things you wrote
Every insignificant footnote
Did you leave a mark on a tree
That reminded you of you and me?
Have you been trying to visit me in my dreams lately?
Will you write me a song in cryptography?

Will you talk to me through floriography?
Will you throw me a letter into
The raging sea?
Or should I stop being so persistent
Searching for something nonexistent?

I've been reading behind the lines
Been deciphering the signs
A couple of million times
Did you fold a page in my favorite book
Marking words from a quiet nook?
Did you make an acronym out of a lyrical hook?
Did you leave a mark on a tree or speak through floriography?
'Cause these ferns and foxgloves are following me
Must I heat up a piece of paper to reveal invisible ink?
'Cause I've been trying to tell you so many things
And have been waiting for an answer ever since

Will you talk to me through floriography?
Will you throw me a letter into
The raging sea?
Or should I stop being so persistent
Searching for something nonexistent?

Meet me at the Taxus tree
Quickly, silently
Don't let them see, will you?


6. THE CATASTROPHE THAT IS US

My soul is in a state of atrophy
Wish you'd come back into my life
And make it a catastrophe
I need it, I breathe it, my love
The catastrophe that is us

I'm supposed to hate you deeply
I do, I really do, but I need you
I need you unseemly

I am willing to set everything ablaze
'Cause without these flames
I'll only have dark days
I need it, I breathe it, my love
The catastrophe that is us
Us, us, us, ooh
Us, us, us, ooh

I'm supposed to hate you deeply
I do, I really do, but I need you
I need you unseemly
I'm supposed to hate you deeply
I do, I really do, but I need you
I need you unseemly

(The catastrophe that is us)
(The catastrophe that is us)

The catastrophe that is us
The catastrophe that is us

I feel like a revenant ever since I've walked away
It became so evident I made a horrible mistake
Can I revive us with a kiss of death
'Cause it's the best I'll ever have
Come ruin my life in a thousand different ways
'Cause I've lost all color in my face
And I need you here to make me blush
I need the catastrophe that is us
Us, us, us, ooh
Us, us, us, ooh

I'm supposed to hate you deeply
I do, I really do, but I need you
I need you unseemly
I'm supposed to hate you deeply
I do, I really do, but I need you
I need you unseemly

The catastrophe that is us
(The catastrophe that is us)


7. A LAST SIGH OF BLISS

Although your touch feels cold
It's making me warm
And your soul seems old
You're aeriform

Like a gust of wind
Leaving shivers within
Light and haunting
A gentle brush on my skin

And I might freeze to death in your arms
But all I can feel is warmth
I might freeze to death by your kiss
When my lungs give a last sigh of bliss

Although the night is bleak
To me, it feels sunny
I'm like a bee
Drowning in honey

When you sing me my last lullaby
While you gently take me to the other side
You might be a dream
A specter
Leaving a lingering taste of nectar

When you kiss my blue lips one last time
And gently take me to the other side

And I might freeze to death in your arms
But all I can feel is warmth
I might freeze to death by your kiss
When my lungs give a last sigh of bliss

You are like the scent of honeysuckle
That drifts into my bedroom window
On a warm July night
Most intoxicating at eventide

With your breath of summer's eve
You take away mine, you beautiful thief
Now I'm paradoxically undressing
I'm so cold but it feels so refreshing

Oh, I might freeze to death in your arms
But all I can feel is warmth
I might freeze to death by your kiss
When my lungs give a last sigh of bliss

And I might freeze to death in your arms
But all I can feel is warmth
I might freeze to death by your kiss
When my lungs give a last sigh of bliss

In your arms
Oh, when my lungs give a last sigh of bliss


8. GREEN LIGHT ACROSS THE BAY

Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore

I'm standing on the dock like Gatsby
With my arms reaching out
Towards the green light
That ripples in the water
Should I jump in or turn around?
Like an ignis fatuus of the sea
Luring me, but we can never be
Luring me, but we can never be

Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore
Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore

I'm throwing parties like Gatsby
Hoping you'd come for me and crash the party
But all that's crashing is me
Within the waves, against the rocks
I should've stayed there on the dock
I should've stayed there on the dock
I should've stayed there on the dock

Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore
Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore

Oh, I got carried away by Fitzgerald
And did not notice the poison in emerald
Now I am drowning in arsenite
Sinking into an underwater paradise
And the last thing I see when I close my eyes
Is an emerald green phosphene
The most beautiful sheen I've ever seen
Most beautiful sheen I've ever seen

Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore
Like every Siren's story
Death's inevitable, memento mori
Like all the Siren lore
I'll never make it ashore


9. I BURIED US

I got lost in the garden
And crossed a boundary
Where garden meets wilderness
I felt the shift profoundly
We would've been unlikely
We would've been fractious
And in my mind, I buried us
Right beneath the Taxus

Lying side-by-side after life
I feel my rotten heart burn as I yearn
To feel some warmth, to be alive
In my mind, I buried us side-by-side

We belong to the earth now (We belong to the earth now)
Right beneath the Taxus (Right beneath the Taxus)
In the land of what-ifs
Would we have been too fractious?
Or wonderfully unlikely? (Or wonderfully unlikely?)
Would we have shone brightly? (Would we have shone brightly?)
Whenever I close my eyes
We're still dancing in the afterlife

Buried side-by-side after life
I feel my rotten heart burn as I yearn
To feel some warmth, to be alive
In my mind, I buried us
In my mind, I buried us
In my mind, I buried us side-by-side

There was much haste, there was no time
No eulogy, no wake
But I've been silently humming our threnody
And weeping while walking away
Away, away, away

We got lost in the garden (Lost in the garden)
And crossed a boundary (Crossed a boundary)
And when you crossed mine
I felt the shift profoundly

Buried side-by-side after life
I feel my rotten heart burn as I yearn
To feel some warmth, to be alive
In my mind, I buried us
In my mind, I buried us
In my mind, I buried us side-by-side

Oh, I've been silently humming our threnody
And weeping while walking away
I've been silently humming our threnody
And weeping while walking away


10. HARPY

I've died a thousand little deaths
And I've got something you might like
A carrion heart
Will you take me on a flight?

Carry me away
Let me hang from your claws
Into the howling winds
'Cause I'm not who I once was

Harpy! Harpy! Harpy!

A storm is brewing, here she comes
Please don't leave me here, eroding
Hold me in your talons
Make me feel like I'm floating

Carry me away
With the wind in my hair
Falling unconscious
Dreaming of castles in the air

I've died a thousand little deaths
Human vulture, snatch my body away
Take me into your nest
High up on the mountain
And lay me to rest

Harpy! Harpy! Harpy!

You scare me to death
But what's one more
Compared to a thousand before?
So Harpy, grab me, Harpy

Harpy, grab me
Take me into your nest
High up on the mountain
And lay me to rest

I've died a thousand little deaths
Human vulture, snatch my body away

Harpy, grab me
Take me into your nest
High up on the mountain
And lay me to rest

I've died a thousand little deaths
Human vulture, snatch my body away
Take me into your nest
High up on the mountain
And lay me to rest

Harpy! Harpy! Harpy!

I've died a thousand little deaths
Human vulture, snatch my body away
Take me into your nest
High up on the mountain
And lay me to rest