Chorusing on through the night
With heart and soul held nearby
The shining spirits of mere refrain
Come around to see you again
See through their disguise
Look into their eyes
Can you see the shadows hidden among those things?
The ghost, the specter, the spirits on calmer wings?
The veil draped upon you
Your alabaster shade of blue
The garden is not the only place you see
For here I am hidden in the balcony
The curtains pull apart, an empty stage
No acting right now, no masquerade
Only the silence, as you go deathly pale
Searching the night for an alabaster veil...

The theater was closed on opening night
The phantom fled from the diva's sight
Red velvet solitude the symphony has ended
A fading white curtain still hangs suspended
The spotlights reveal in the unsettled dust
As hearts of steel begin to rust
A saddened emotion that's slipping away
The forgotten children just wanting to play
A tragic disappointment crowning your head
The mark of a loser, what more can be said?
The bizarre ghost ship, with a phantom sail
Drifting off to nowhere on an alabaster veil...

A fairy tale believing in me
An unloving victim who will not see
Calamity Jane will sing her song
Begging and pleading when it all goes wrong
For a shadow of love in a lighted bliss
Feeling the adoration from an angel's kiss
Goodnight, goodbye, hope you sleep well
Time to draw the alabaster veil...

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