[Intro]
Calliope croaks
Rust on the notes
Paper-thin moon
Hangs like a joke
[Verse 1]
Boots on the gravel
Names in the stone
You lace your fingers
Through every bone
Marble-eyed angels
Lean in to stare
You kiss my knuckles
Like you don't care
[Pre-Chorus]
Grin like a jester
Lipstick smeared red
Spinning on headstones
Dancing with the dead
[Chorus]
Round and round this graveyard carousel
Laughing at the gates of hell
You pull me close
We ride the edge of fright
Waltzing through the tombs at midnight
If this is doom
Then ring the bell
I found my heaven in your hell
Hand in hand where all the wild things fell
On our graveyard carousel
[Verse 2]
Your skirt catches cobwebs
Tangled in lace
You steal a black rose
From a cracked vase
Violin shivers
Thin as a sigh
You hum a lullaby
Teach it to die
[Pre-Chorus]
You trace the letters
On someone’s cross
“Promise you'll dance
For me if I’m lost”
[Chorus]
Round and round this graveyard carousel
Laughing at the gates of hell
You pull me close
We ride the edge of fright
Waltzing through the tombs at midnight
If this is doom
Then ring the bell
I found my heaven in your hell
Hand in hand where all the wild things fell
On our graveyard carousel
[Bridge]
[Music drops to haunted circus waltz
Violin and organ leading]
Spin me faster
Spin me thin
Paint my face
Like porcelain
If the world ends
Let it end here
Teeth in your smile
Grave dirt in your tears (yeah)
[Chorus]
Round and round this graveyard carousel
Laughing at the gates of hell
You pull me close
We ride the edge of fright
Waltzing through the tombs at midnight
If this is doom
Then ring the bell
I found my heaven in your hell
Hand in hand where all the wild things fell
On our graveyard carousel