Vampire State

Lyrics

Come one, come all to the midnight ball There's trouble brewing in the banquet hall Take a leap through the line and you'll be just fine I've seen your face all over the unwanted signs Have a toast to your host who's got the least He's secretly something of an awful beast With a bulletproof plan for the also-rans And an awful lot of time upon his idle hands Everybody's going on about the end of the world In fact they seem a little excited It's a party and your pity's invited Dinnеr and dessert provided Vampirе State - home to all the miscreated Where nightmares are related and dreams annihilated Vampire State - pierce the moonlight with your steeple We're not your kind of people anymore Slow down, look around, take in all the sounds Your cup ranneth over 'til it nearly drowned Take a few small sips, leave a few tall tips And you can keep on dancing when the record skips Don't you try to sneak out of any exit routes 'Cause the scent that you're dispensing is a sense of doubt If you show off your back, you're just an easy snack You must impress upon them that you're always on attack Everybody keeps talking while their mouths are full But you know every word they're saying And you get the feeling you'll be staying It's an urge you can't resist obeying Vampire State - where the jawline meets the collar It's a real hoot & holler of opulence and squalor Vampire State - rising over the horizon You'll wish that you'd been wise enough to run High on that heathen tower, clock strikes the midnight hour Down from the belfry comes a cloud of wings Kaleidoscope of teeth and shadows underneath Eclipsing all these wretched things But at the end of the night, if your cards are right You might get out of there with only just a couple of bites Keep your sleeves rolled down when you reach the ground And no one else will have to know when you get back to town Everybody looks different in the light of the day At the masquerade's adjourning But when the midnight oil is burning You know that you will be returning Vampire State - climb the hundred-story talon A crimson Irwin Allen exploding by the gallon Vampire State - calling all the anti-saviors Be on your worst behavior at the Vampire State - dreaded fang as high as mountains An oozing scarlet fountain a billion served and counting Vampire State - where the wounds are freshly severed You'll wish that you had never heard its name