Amethyst Shroud

(Low piano notes, rising wind ambiance, and haunting cello strings)

In the garden where the sun fears to tread

Roses have bloomed in the color of veins

Memory is a burden, a weight made of lead

In the labyrinth of my darkest rains

The clock on the wall has forgotten the hour

The pendulum’s rhythm has rusted away

I am left alone in this dead, hollow bower

Where every breath is an echo of gray

The cold hand of mist brushes my skin

The silver moon watches, holding its breath

Those who have loved are now rotted within

Leaving me here in the kingdom of death

One last time, I dance with shadows on the wall

In a gown of cobwebs, crowned with thorns so bright

Let the heavens shatter, let the autumn fall

Before the blood freezes in the sunless light!

Ave... Nocturna...

My pain is my only freedom.

The cathedral is silent, the altars are bare

My prayer has drowned in the chalice of wine

I stare at my face in the mirror’s cracked glare

And watch how my youth starts to wither and pine

Do not seek me out where the church bells ring

Do not look for me in the candle’s warm glow

My throne is of ice, a lost, broken thing

In the darkness where souls have nowhere to go

Ashes to ashes...

Dust to dust...

In the darkness, there are no lies.

In the darkness... there is no... "us".

One last time, I dance with shadows on the wall

In a gown of cobwebs, crowned with thorns so bright

Let the heavens shatter, let the autumn fall

Before the blood freezes in the sunless light!

Sleep... my darling...

The earth is so light...

Sleep...