[Intro]

The lake remembers

What the mirrors forget

Oh-oh...

Mm-mm...

[Verse 1]

Silver dust upon the floor

A ballroom I've seen before

White ribbons sleeping in my hands

A girl still dancing as she planned

Moonlight painting porcelain skin

Soft enough to pull me in

But somewhere in the quiet blue

Another shadow learned to move

The orchestra held its breath

As feathers drifted left

[Pre-Chorus (falsetto, Higher lower notes)]

Mirror, tell me what survives

When innocence and hunger collide

Every pirouette draws a line

Between who I was and what I'll become

The water whispers, "Don't be afraid"

Even stars dissolve before the break of day

White swan floating out of sight

Black swan waking with the night

[Chorus]

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

Dancing where the daylight's gone

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

Tell me where I belong

White feathers on the water

A daughter becoming something other

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

I was here all along

[Post-Chorus]

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Turn around slowly

Oh-oh-oh-oh

The moon already knows me

[Verse 2]

Crystal tears in shallow streams

Do all girls outgrow their dreams?

I left footprints by the shore

But they don't fit me anymore

Someone folded up the spring

And taught my trembling hands to sing

Now the swan beneath the glass

Smiles as the old reflections pass

Velvet skies above my head

Call me by another name

[Pre-Chorus (falsetto, Higher lower notes)]

Mirror, tell me what survives

When innocence and hunger collide

Every pirouette draws a line

Between who I was and what I'll become

The water whispers, "Don't be afraid"

Even stars dissolve before the break of day

White swan floating out of sight

Black swan waking with the night

[Chorus]

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

Dancing where the daylight's gone

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

Tell me where I belong

White feathers on the water

A daughter becoming something other

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

I was here all along

[Bridge]

Was she ever meant to stay?

The girl with ribbons in her hair

The one who never disobeyed

Maybe becoming

Is its own kind of goodbye

Maybe every lake

Needs both moonlight and tide

I close my eyes

And let her fly

[Final Chorus]

Black swan, swan, swan (swan~)

Swa-a-a-an

No more hiding from the dawn

Black swan, swan, swan (whoa-ohh-ohh-oh)

Swa-a-a-an

Sing me into who I've become

White feathers keep on falling (i just falling~)

But I no longer hear them calling

Black swan, swan, swan

Swa-a-a-an

She was never truly gone

[Outro]

The lake remembers

And so do I

Black swan... Ah~