Lyrics

We wear our finest
For rooms so cold
Talking in circles
’Bout stories we’ve been told

Crystal on the table
Nothing seems real
Holding hands in silence
Unsure of what we feel

And when the lights go dim
And all the noise is gone
It’s just you and me
Trying to hold on

In the Champagne Society
We learned to live so quietly
Smiling in the candlelight
But lonely in the softest night

We chase the shimmer endlessly
But lose ourselves so easily
In the Champagne Society
We’re drifting silently

We dance politely
To songs we used to love
Both of us wondering
What we’re really dreaming of

Behind the satin curtains
Where no applause can reach
The lines appearing beneath us
In every whispered speech

The truth speaks low
When the world’s a show
It seems we’ve let
Our hearts forget to grow

In the Champagne Society
We learned to live so quietly
Smiling in the candlelight
But lonely in the softest night

We chase the shimmer endlessly
But lose ourselves so easily
In the Champagne Society
We’re drifting silently

So take my hand tonight
Let’s slip out through the door
Leave this veiled life
We don’t need it anymore

Let’s find a place where love
Can breathe and be free
Where every simple moment
Is precious to you and me

Beyond the Champagne Society
We’ll find a truth that sets us free
No more empty sparkling nights
Just warm and honest morning light

We won’t be living separately
We’ll write a quieter melody
Leaving the Champagne Society
For something meant to be

© 2025 Words and Music by William Fred Thompson