Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] Towers of velvet and stone Locked doors Laughter and gold Seven rooms Seven brave lies While the world outside grows cold [Verse 1] Clock in the corner keeps coughing Each chime a cut in the air Princes are dancing in circles Pretending they never get scared Wine on their lips like a promise Masks on their fear-burning eyes Buying one more borrowed heartbeat Like money could muffle the skies [Chorus] You can’t outdance the Masque of the Red Death You can’t outbid the frost in your breath Run through your halls of glass and flame Every man Every crown Same grave Same name You can’t outsing the silence that waits You can’t outride the closing of gates Blood on the clock Last grain of sand When the Red Death takes your hand [Verse 2] Silk on the floor Bodies spinning Shadows grow longer than light Whispers of smoke through the pillars A stranger steps out of the night Robes like a wound in the candleglow Eyes like the end of the road No one invited this visitor Yet every one here is owed [Chorus] You can’t outdance the Masque of the Red Death You can’t outbid the frost in your breath Run through your halls of glass and flame Every man Every crown Same grave Same name You can’t outsing the silence that waits You can’t outride the closing of gates Blood on the clock Last grain of sand When the Red Death takes your hand [Bridge] [Violin and acoustic guitar break Then full band crashes in] Tear off your jewels They’re rust in the rain (hey!) Tear off your titles They fall just the same Castle or gutter It’s one narrow door How many lives till you see what it’s for? [Chorus] You can’t outdance the Masque of the Red Death You can’t outbid the frost in your breath Run through your halls of glass and flame Every man Every crown Same grave Same name You can’t outsing the silence that waits You can’t outride the closing of gates Blood on the clock Last grain of sand When the Red Death takes your hand [Outro] Clock strikes Candles drown Dead hush Falling crown Rich Poor All the rest Same dust In the Red Death’s breast
Tags
folk, Galloping power metal ballad with speed-metal bursts, twin guitars and soaring male vocals; verses ride on acoustic guitar and solo violin over driving bass, then explode into full-stack distortion and double-kick in the chorus. Violin trades lines with lead guitar on a neoclassical break; big choral harmonies on the title hook, tom-heavy build into a final half-time, anthemic outro., violin, speed metal, ballad, power metal, metal, acoustic
Duration
5:34
Instrumental
No
Created
4/4/2026