"Amontillado" lyrics
(feat. Lacey Johnson)
Candle light shakes on the damp stone wall
Every shadow that stretches is making your skin crawl
Wine on your lips, but it tastes like death!
Each step you take shortens what's left of your breath
You don't know why I let you down this way
Each brick is a chain, each curse laid in clay
The silence is choking, the darkness won't lie
You're just a puppet marching towards the corner where you die
I was polite with the spite, but tonight I ignite it
Invite him inside where the limestone is lightless
The thousand injuries? I bore them all in stride
But when he crossed the line, well, the laughter had to die
I flatter his chatter, but I'm masking my malice
Dragging him down through my catacomb palace
Confession... it's chess, not aggression, I'm patient
Each placement's adjacent, a statement... I'm brazen
You said there's light down here tonight
But I can't see, I can't breathe... walled up inside
I drank the poison just to prove I'm your friend
You laughed and said, "We're almost at the end"
My smile cuts deep, but you can't look away
The words in your ears start to rot and decay
You thought it was laughter, a hoax, a game
But the walls close in and erase your name
The goblet is empty, the wine stains the linen
The hymn is unfinished, the choir keeps sinnin'
Each hearthstone's a headstone, your house is a tomb
The cries of your children will echo the gloom
I delight in your blindness, you're laughing in motley
I'm thoughtful but rotten... revenge is my hobby
The torch flickers quicker, the liquor's your leash
You giggle, I tinker with brickwork in peace
Your throat turns to dust, can't scream and can't cry
The carnival's over... this was your last ride
A jingle of bells, then the silence extends...
Mercy disguised as a joke with no end
(No end, no end, no end, no end)
You said there's light down here tonight
But I can't see, I can't breathe... walled up inside
I drank the poison just to prove I'm your friend
You laughed and said, "We're almost at the end"
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds (Amontillado)
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
Every shadow that stretches is making your skin crawl
Wine on your lips, but it tastes like death!
Each step you take shortens what's left of your breath
You don't know why I let you down this way
Each brick is a chain, each curse laid in clay
The silence is choking, the darkness won't lie
You're just a puppet marching towards the corner where you die
I was polite with the spite, but tonight I ignite it
Invite him inside where the limestone is lightless
The thousand injuries? I bore them all in stride
But when he crossed the line, well, the laughter had to die
I flatter his chatter, but I'm masking my malice
Dragging him down through my catacomb palace
Confession... it's chess, not aggression, I'm patient
Each placement's adjacent, a statement... I'm brazen
You said there's light down here tonight
But I can't see, I can't breathe... walled up inside
I drank the poison just to prove I'm your friend
You laughed and said, "We're almost at the end"
My smile cuts deep, but you can't look away
The words in your ears start to rot and decay
You thought it was laughter, a hoax, a game
But the walls close in and erase your name
The goblet is empty, the wine stains the linen
The hymn is unfinished, the choir keeps sinnin'
Each hearthstone's a headstone, your house is a tomb
The cries of your children will echo the gloom
I delight in your blindness, you're laughing in motley
I'm thoughtful but rotten... revenge is my hobby
The torch flickers quicker, the liquor's your leash
You giggle, I tinker with brickwork in peace
Your throat turns to dust, can't scream and can't cry
The carnival's over... this was your last ride
A jingle of bells, then the silence extends...
Mercy disguised as a joke with no end
(No end, no end, no end, no end)
You said there's light down here tonight
But I can't see, I can't breathe... walled up inside
I drank the poison just to prove I'm your friend
You laughed and said, "We're almost at the end"
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds
So take me down, take me down
Way down deep below the carnival grounds (Amontillado)
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
(You said there's light down here tonight) (Amontillado)
So take me down, take me down, way down deep
Below the carnival grounds
