[Intro]
You closed your eyes like chapel doors
The night fell down on marble floors
I felt the room begin to kneel
Before the hurt we would not feel

[Verse]
Your mouth was wine, your mouth was rain
Your mouth was velvet over pain
You kissed me like the world was dressed
In black around a hollow chest
The chandelier began to shake
As if the stars were wide awake
I held you close, you held me still
Two hearts obeying one dark will

[Pre-Chorus]
And every breath became a vow
We should have broken then somehow
But beauty makes a perfect chain
When sorrow learns to speak your name

[Chorus]
You kiss like a funeral
Soft as a graveyard rose
You kiss like a funeral
And everybody knows
We are dancing with the ending
But we never let it show
You kiss like a funeral
And I cannot let you go

[Verse]
Your fingers traced my collarbone
Like names on weathered funeral stone
You laughed and said that love survives
By eating through our other lives
The music turned, the windows cried
The moon was pale and terrified
I tasted ash beneath your tongue
And still I wanted to be young

[Pre-Chorus]
And every lie was dressed in lace
And every wound became your face
We should have left the ballroom floor
But hunger opened every door

[Chorus]
You kiss like a funeral
Soft as a graveyard rose
You kiss like a funeral
And everybody knows
We are dancing with the ending
But we never let it show
You kiss like a funeral
And I cannot let you go

[Interlude]
Black shoes
Slow turn
Red wine
Still burn
Cold hands
Warm breath
Love sings
Like death

[Bridge]
I do not want a harmless heart
I want the storm that tears apart
I want the hand that cuts the thread
Then strokes the fever from my head
But darling, this is not romance
It is a wound that learned to dance
It is a chapel full of smoke
It is the kiss before we choke

[Breakdown]
Kiss me down
Lay me low
Say my name
Make it slow
Kiss me down
Bury light
Love me wrong
Through the night

[Build-up]
The violins are gone
But the bassline keeps us moving
The roses turn to dust
But the hunger keeps improving
I know this is the end
I know the bells are calling
But your mouth is on my mouth
And I love the way I am falling

[Chorus]
You kiss like a funeral
Soft as a graveyard rose
You kiss like a funeral
And everybody knows
We are dancing with the ending
But we never let it show
You kiss like a funeral
And I cannot let you go

[Chorus]
You kiss like a funeral
Sweet as a last refrain
You kiss like a funeral
And I ask for it again
We are buried in the music
We are married to the snow
You kiss like a funeral
And I cannot let you go

[Outro]
When morning breaks, the room is bare
The black roses are not there
But on my lips, your shadow stays
A funeral that never fades
