Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] It was the eye Not the man in the chair Pale blue Cold hue Drilling straight through my prayer Seven nights I watched his door barely breathe Lantern flame A single thread in the weave [Pre-Chorus] My pulse like war drums in my ears His sleeping sighs The weight of years But all I saw in shivering light That frozen circle Hungry white [Chorus] The tell-tale heart Beats louder in my head It shakes the walls It drags me from the bed I swear I hear His gaze beneath the floor The tell-tale heart Won’t let me anymore [Verse 2] Midnight struck I felt the world leaning in Opened slow The door complained like a sin Covered light Till just a shard cut the room There it was That cursed eye in the gloom [Pre-Chorus] It set my very marrow flame I whispered softly Spoke his name Then Sudden fury Steel and skin Silence crashing Deeper than sin [Chorus] The tell-tale heart Beats louder in my head It shakes the walls It drags me from the bed I swear I hear His gaze beneath the floor The tell-tale heart Won’t let me anymore [Bridge] [Violin and acoustic guitar duet Soft then surging] I tore the planks up One by one (one by one) Buried the body where the boards had begun Smiled at the questions Drank in their doubt Till that soft Steady pounding started rising up loud Why do you stare? Can you not hear it cry? Is it my guilt Or that unblinking eye? (hey!) [Chorus] The tell-tale heart Beats louder in my head Each thudding note Repeats the words I said “I loved the man I only hated more That vulture eye Still staring through the floor” [Outro] [Tempo surges Drums and tremolo guitars race] So take me Chain me Tear me apart I bow to the sound in the dark I point to the stain I rip up the boards “Here Here it is!” The tell-tale heart
Tags
folk, Epic power/speed metal ballad with gothic overtones; brisk double-kick and galloping rhythm guitars under male vocals, shifting into a half-time, minor-key ballad feel in verses. Acoustic guitar and mournful violin trace the narrator’s obsession, then collide with soaring, harmonized leads and choir-style backing vocals in the choruses. Final section builds to a frantic, tremolo-picked climax with desperate vocal intensity and a stabbing string arrangement., violin, power metal, acoustic, ballad, speed metal, metal
Duration
4:48
Instrumental
No
Created
4/4/2026