[Intro]
(Low piano notes, rising wind ambiance, and haunting cello strings)
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
Ashes to ashes...
Dust to dust...
In the darkness, there are no lies.
In the darkness... there is no... "us".
[Chorus]
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!
[Outro]
Sleep... my darling...
The earth is so light...
Sleep...