Driven Snow

[Verse 1]
They call you saint
White dress
White lie
Paper crown
Glass halo in their eyes
You smile once
They write a hymn
They don't see
The black thorns on your skin
[Pre-Chorus]
I watched you dance in the graveyard rain (oh)
Smearing all that borrowed grace
You carved my name in your bedroom door
Blood and lipstick
Same taste
[Chorus]
People may think that you're as pure as the driven snow
But they don't know
Like I know
Under that porcelain
There’s a heart with a broken glow
And it shows
When we're alone
[Verse 2]
You kiss like sin
Sunday at noon
Curtains drawn
Cross turned to the wall in your room
You say you're fine
Eyes say "feed me more"
Rosary
Tangled on the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
You burn those letters you never sent
Ashes swirling round your feet
You say salvation is overrated
If it means you can't touch me
[Chorus]
People may think that you're as pure as the driven snow
But they don't know
Like I know
Under that porcelain
There’s a heart with a broken glow
And it shows
When we're alone
[Bridge]
Tell me
Do you like the way
I drag your darkness into day?
You wear your shadow like a veil
You wear my secrets like a spell (oh)
[Chorus]
People may think that you're as pure as the driven snow
But they don't know
Like I know
Under that porcelain
There’s a heart with a broken glow
And it shows
When we're alone
[Outro]
Driven snow
Melt on my tongue
Let them pray
Our night's just begun

rock, Brooding gothic rock with male vocals; tom-heavy drums and fuzzed-out bass under a minor-key guitar riff. Verses stay tense and restrained, vocal close to the mic; chorus explodes with crash cymbals, choral pads, and octave-doubled guitars. Reverb-drenched bells and a low organ swell haunt the bridge; final chorus hits hardest then falls to a single guitar and voice., gothic rock, romantic