Crimson Twilight

(Intro)

(Slow, mournful piano solo. In the background, the sound of falling rain and a low, distorted bass. Strings enter after a moment.)

(Verse 1)

In the garden of dead roses, where time has ceased to flow

Your whisper like a frozen blade, like first and filthy snow

The clock upon the tower falls silent, shunning all our sins

Leaving only dust behind, and the scent of bitter wines

Moonlight silver carves a path through velvet shroud of clouds

We are prisoners of these walls, wrapped in marble shrouds

(Pre-chorus)

Seek no light, for it lies with every breath...

In my veins flows only black mist and death.

(Chorus)

In the arms of the night, where dawn shall never wake

Your name is like a thorn, a myth for sorrow’s sake

Let us dance once more upon the edge of sleep

Where blood tastes like iron, and the dust we keep

In the crimson twilight... forever deep.

(Verse 2)

Extinguish the candles, their glow wounds the eye

Do you prefer this silence, where the shadows lie?

Memory is a noose, tightened by our fear

All dreams turned to ashes, year after year

Stay here with me, where shadows feed on pain

In the kingdom of despair, I – your hollow king – shall reign.

(Bridge)

Can you hear them calling out our names?

Voices from beyond the grave, from beyond the ancient frames...

Leave this world behind!

Nothing lasts forever, save for what throbs within

This sweet agony... this eternal game of sin!

(Guitar Solo)

(Chorus)

In the arms of the night, where dawn shall never wake

Your name is like a thorn, a myth for sorrow’s sake

Let us dance once more upon the edge of sleep

Where blood tastes like iron, and the dust we keep

In the crimson twilight... forever deep.

(Outro)

Forever deep...

In the shadows...

I fall asleep...