Red - the Bladed Keyboard

It was a wooden thing with keys black and white It was a wooden thing with keys black and white When I first tried to place my fingers just right I'd then been grinning with no reason to cry For the world seemed intent on wiping my tears dry. A melody drifted from my fingers to the keys And I saw a paradise of rainbows and trees. I smiled and played throughout the day Thinking the world would finally go my way But then a finger of mine struck a wrong note And as a shark's jaw tearing at a boat The keys that once shone ivory white Became jagged blades in the menacing twilight I tried to lift my hands from my piano's mercy But my once lovely tune became a menacing melody I was captured and despite piercing pain I played my devil tune again and again So over the keys, my fingers bled, Tainting my music a dark shade of red.