{INTRO}
(Massive cathedral choir • pipe organ • funeral bells • deep orchestral drums)
Choir:
Requiem aeternam...
Dona ei, Domine...
Kyrie eleison...
Christe eleison...
In tenebris ambulavi...
Ex cinere surgam...
Amen...
{VERSE 1}
I wore your skin like borrowed clothing,
Stitched together just to survive.
Every smile was secondhand,
Every breath rehearsed alive.
Built my name from broken mirrors,
Learned to disappear on cue.
Spent so long becoming someone...
I almost thought she was the truth.
{PRE-CHORUS}
Don't pray for me...
She's already gone.
Don't save a ghost
Who's been gone this long.
{CHORUS}
Black velvet funeral...
No preacher.
No parade.
Just smoke where all my old mistakes
Were finally laid away.
Let the earth keep every version
That was never really mine.
Tonight I bury yesterday...
And leave her in black velvet.
{VERSE 2}
I don't hate the girl behind me.
She carried more than anyone knew.
She danced with every empty promise
Just to make it through.
But survival isn't living,
And these scars don't own my name.
If I have to lose the old me...
Then let her fade.
{PRE-CHORUS}
No looking back...
No turning stone.
Some endings only happen
When you walk alone.
{BRIDGE}
(Choir underneath)
Requiem aeternam...
Ex cinere surgam...
Kyrie eleison...
If you listen...
You'll hear silence
Where her voice used to be.
If you search...
You won't find her.
She finally set me free.
{FINAL CHORUS}
Black velvet funeral...
No mourning.
No regret.
Some endings are the only way
A soul can start again.
I won't wear the name
That pain stitched into my skin.
Close the casket...
Kill the echo...
She's not coming back again.
{OUTRO}
(Choir only)
Requiem aeternam...
Ex cinere surgam...
Amen...
...Amen...