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[Verse 1] Empty ballroom Dust on the frames Every face I ever loved I remember all their names Candles keep burning But they never melt down I stay the same in the mirror While the years go round and round [Chorus] This is the curse of a thousand-year midnight Everyone leaves But I stay I stay Holding the hands of the seconds as they slip by Watching your ghosts walk away Away This is the price of a heart that won’t stop beating Time takes you But it won’t take me I’m still here In the dark In the not-quite Dying forever Endlessly [Verse 2] I learned your birthdays Long after you died Tracing dates in old books Like I’m living inside Street names are changing Your house is a store I stand outside in the shadows Like I’ve done it all before [Bridge] How many winters Can one soul survive How many gravestones Can fit in my mind I drink to remember I drink to forget Every goodbye Hasn’t happened yet
No absolution is recorded. Only the sound of the same room after everyone else has gone.