Honeysweet - Crimson Carnival
This heavy, dark vaudeville anthem unfolds with layered, complex drums in shifting odd meters and a foreboding analog drone, Slow, open-tuned and junker-tuned guitars duel uneasily, weaving sinister carnival cabaret textures, Female vocals lead a tense duet, enveloped in a chilling, horror-tinged soundscape
Honeysweet - Crimson Carnival
This heavy, dark vaudeville anthem unfolds with layered, complex drums in shifting odd meters and a foreboding analog drone, Slow, open-tuned and junker-tuned guitars duel uneasily, weaving sinister carnival cabaret textures, Female vocals lead a tense duet, enveloped in a chilling, horror-tinged soundscape
Lyrics
Intro, Announcer with a British cadence
"Ladies and Gentlemen gather close!
Tonight's marionette has a heart of a rose...
A sinner, from the shadows plucked
A poppet of passion, strings uncut!
But the show it burns on..
And with the crowd...
we...
do...
watch..."
Intro verse
Spotlight's tongue
licks your soul
with a velvet grin
Your ticket paid
By your sins
verse
Welcome
Sweetheart
They clap for you now
Welcome
Darling
to the here and now
Look up
Poppet
And you'll see your name
A gilded frame for every kiss you've sold!
A shame this dessert is turning cold!
Chorus
Honey sweet you're dancing here in rings of shame
Your hungered touch will linger here just all the same
Honey sweet now listen to the raucous cheer
You're the feast
You're the show
As your silent prayers
Sell out every velvet tier
in purgatory's brilliant glow
verse
Lean in
Close
and watch the mirrors turn
Look at
Lovers
faces painted like a joke
Whip crack
Spinning
past you upon the wire
Every wanton thought that you would hold!
A shame it turns you out unto the cold!
chorus
Honey sweet you're dancing here in rings of shame
Your hungered touch will linger here just all the same
Honey sweet now listen to the raucous cheer
You're the feast
You're the show
As your silent prayers
Sell out every velvet tier
in purgatory's brilliant glow
Bridge
Whatcha think?
That you'd close your eyes?
No
Not here
The spotlight
it never dies
Every gasp
Every cheer
echoes velvet gold
take a bow
flower dear
for the tales you've told!
chorus
Honey sweet you're dancing here in rings of shame
Your hungered touch will linger here just all the same
Honey sweet now listen to the raucous cheer
You're the feast
You're the show
As your silent prayers
Sell out every velvet tier
in purgatory's brilliant glow
outro
“Curtsy, dear darling—you’ve earned your applause!
The next act’s a sermon, but sins are the laws.
The crowd, they’ll return for the blood upon the stage…
Now curse me, sweet poppet—I’ll name your next fate"