Belle of the Ball - Eliza Gilkyson

After the crash and the broken glass

And the nightmare memorial

I wanted to end it all, end it all

You came into my room and you sat on my bed

I threw the blankets over my head

I turned my face to the wall, to the wall

You said I’d see you again

When I checked out of my room at the end of the hall

I’d recognize you

Belle of the Ball

I saw you again in a halfway place

Your green satin dress

Your beautiful face

I thought you were dead you said that’s not the case

But it’s a kind of a wall

And then you faded you faded away

The fairest of all, I begged you to stay

It’s been so long now I can’t really say

I ever knew you at all

You said I’d see you again

When I checked out of my room at the end of the hall

I’d recognize you

Belle of the Ball

The last time I saw you you were heading out to sea

You were hauling up sails

The sunset would swallow you

I wanted to follow you

You said not yet, not yet

And my feet they were sinking into the sand

I was resoundingly rooted to land

But I heard you call to me

Don’t forget, don’t forget

I’ll see you again when I leave this hotel

It’ll be so entrancing the music will swell

And we’ll all be dancing

You’ll be the belle of the ball