Moonlit Manor Waltz

I step through the old front door

Where the floorboards sigh my name

Every candle flicker opens

A memory in the flame

Dusty mirrors bloom with moonlight

Silver curtains start to sway

In the hallway

Teach my lonely feet to play

We're dancing through the manor

Where the midnight roses bloom

Spinning with the paper lanterns

In the hush of every room

If I just a little closer

To the music in the dark

I can feel your hidden heartbeat

Like a gentle midnight spark

In the grand and empty ballroom

I can hear the past reply

Soft as lace against the rafters

Like a secret passing by

All the portraits wake and whisper

As the chandelier begins

And the ghost of some sweet promise

Finds a home beneath my skin

Through the manor

Where the midnight roses bloom

Spinning with the pagy lanterns

In the hush of every room

If I drift a little closer

To the music in the dark

I can feel your hidden heartbeat

Like a gentle midnight spark

One by one the candles tremble

Revealing what I knew

Every broken little memory

Turns to something soft and true

So I bow to all the shadows

And the spell they weave so near

In this haunted waltz of longing

I am brave because you're here

We're dancing through the manor

Where the midnight roses bloom

Spinning with the painter lanterns

Of every room

If I drift a little closer

To the music in the dark

I can feel your hidden heartbeat

Like a gentle midnight spark