Annabel Lee, My Kingdom by the Sea

[Verse 1]
In a kingdom by the sea
Where the cold wind cut like steel
I first held Annabel Lee
Flesh and blood
And wild
And real
We were young
Too young
They muttered
Yet our vows were carved in bone
Every wave that crashed and thundered
Swore our hearts were not alone
[Pre-Chorus]
But the sky grew pale and hungry
Clouds like judges over me
Something holy turned to envy
In that kingdom by the sea
[Chorus]
Annabel Lee
My kingdom by the sea
They tore you from my arms in a storm-born cruelty
Annabel Lee
They dragged you from the light
Jealous eyes above conspired with the night
No blade
No plague
Could take you far from me
So I curse the angels’ thrones
By the raging
Endless sea
[Verse 2]
They came whispering through the rafters
Frozen fingers at the glass
Breath of ice that stole her laughter
Turned her pulse to brittle glass
Priests intoned their hollow comfort
Said “The Lord has called her home”
But I saw the wings in shadow
And their hunger for our throne
[Pre-Chorus]
For a love that burned too fiercely
For a vow too strong to break
So they sent a poisoned midnight
For a heart they could not take
[Chorus]
Annabel Lee
My kingdom by the sea
They tore you from my arms in a storm-born cruelty
Annabel Lee
They dragged you from the light
Jealous eyes above conspired with the night
No grave
No wave
Can steal your soul from me
I defy their marble halls
By the howling
Haunted sea
[Bridge]
[Violin and acoustic guitar break
Building to full band]
I lie down beside your tomb
Stone and salt and shattered foam
Moonlight cuts the crypt in two (hey!)
I still breathe this world for you
Let them circle
Let them scream
Let them split the sky with flame
Every star that falls tonight
Burns an angel’s stolen name
[Chorus]
Annabel Lee
My kingdom by the sea
If they wanted you
They’ll have to war with me
Annabel Lee
Through thunder
Ash
And brine
Love that death and heaven envy still is mine
No throne
No host
Can break this blasphemy
I will hold you past the end
By our bleeding
Boundless sea

folk, Epic power metal ballad with double-kick bursts, galloping palm-muted guitars, and soaring male vocals; verses start intimate on acoustic guitar and mournful violin, then surge into full-stack distortion on the choruses. Strings weave countermelodies under harmonized leads, with a halftime, chant-ready bridge that swells into a climactic final chorus and a dramatic, ringing outro chord., metal, acoustic, speed metal, power metal, ballad, violin