The Haunted Staircase

I step in where the shadows breathe

Hands open wide, no need for keys

The floor drops out, the air turns thin

Still I'm smiling like I know I'll win

Hear the hum beneath my skin

A quiet fire, a reckless grin

The walls lean close, the lights grow strange

I'm not afraid of a world in change

I'm ascending into the unknown

With a fearless heart and a voice of stone

If the light wants to call my name

I'll answer back in a brighter flame

I'm ascending, I'm not alone

With a grin as sharp as a falling tongue

Take me higher where the wild winds spin

I was born for the edge I'm standing in

Every echo looks like a sign

Every fracture traces a line

I've seen the doubts, I've heard the fear

But they disappear when I draw near

The darkened dance, the darkened pen

It never said this was the end

I lift my gaze, I trust the spark

A grin is a lantern and cut through dark

I'm ascending into the unknown

With a fearless heart and

Voice of stone

If the night was to call my name

I'll answer back in a brighter flame

I'm ascending, I'm not alone

With a grin as sharp as a falling throne

Take me higher where the wild winds spin

I was born for the egg I'm standing in

Ghostly voices rise around me

Like a crown of dust in silversea

If the world forgets the road I′ve paved

Let the thunder know I came unafraid

I'm ascending into the

I'm numb with a fearless heart and a voice of stone

There's a veil in the vertical sky

I burn so bright, I can't hear it cry

I'm not standing, I'm not alone

With a grin as sharp as a falling throne

Take me higher where the wild winds spin

I was born for the edge, I'm standing

I step forward, the dark makes room

And I smile at the shape of my own gloom