[Verse 1]
The candles are burning, but their light is a lie,
In this madness you live, as the moments go by.
The thread starts to pull, tearing peace from the soul,
Now madness has taken the ultimate control.
You smile like a saint
With a crack in your hands
Every promise you made
Turns to dust where it lands
[Pre-Chorus]
And I see it now
In the flick of your eye
That the room goes cold
When you tell me why
[Chorus]
Burning candle thread
Pull me down again
Burning candle thread
Break me to the end
Hold on, hold on
Till the dark says more
Burning candle thread
I can't fight it anymore
[Verse 2]
There's ash on the table
And black on your sleeve
You speak in a fever
That I can't believe
The clock on the wall
Never learns how to stop
It keeps on counting
While the whole world drops
You call it a cure
I call it a chain
You call it grace
I call it the pain
[Pre-Chorus]
And I feel it now
Like a knife in the sky
When you lean too close
And you don't ask why
[Chorus]
Burning candle thread
Pull me down again
Burning candle thread
Break me to the end
Hold on, hold on
Till the dark says more
Burning candle thread
I can't fight it anymore
[Bridge]
If I cut it loose
Will the silence bleed?
If I name this truth
Will it set me free?
One small flame
Can torch the whole room
One lost mind
Can call the doom
[Final Chorus]
Burning candle thread
Pull me down again
Burning candle thread
Break me to the end
Hold on, hold on
Till the dark says more
Burning candle thread
I can't fight it anymore
Burning candle thread
I can't fight it anymore