Murder Castle Hymn

[Verse 1]
Brick by brick
You built a question
A hollow house
With a hungry grin
Rooms that turn
Stairs that vanish
Blueprints drawn
Straight from your sin
Little bell at the front desk ringing
Cheap rooms
Cheaper souls checking in
You were charming
Clean
And clever
(oh you planned this forever)
[Chorus]
H.H. Holmes
You architect of ending
You carved a maze
Inside your twisted heart
I watch the smoke rise
From your cold invention
Quiet praise
For such a perfect dark
[Verse 2]
Tilting floors
And sealed-up chimneys
False walls breathing
When the gas creeps slow
You took notes
Like any scholar
On every face
You chose to let go
White coat
Steady hands
Soft laughter
You sold life
Then you bought disaster
In your ledgers
In that ledgered ink
You wrote the way
The rest of us think (but never dare)
[Chorus]
H.H. Holmes
You architect of ending
You carved a maze
Inside your twisted heart
I watch the smoke rise
From your cold invention
Quiet praise
For such a perfect dark
[Bridge]
Was it heaven that you hunted
Or just the shiver in control?
I trace your lines
Your hidden doors
And feel you walking in my skull
(oh Holmes)
You were wrong
You were right
You were ruin
(oh Holmes)
Half a man
Half a shadow blooming
[Chorus]
H.H. Holmes
You architect of ending
You carved a maze
Inside your twisted heart
I watch the smoke rise
From your cold invention
Quiet praise
For such a perfect dark
Such a perfect dark
(such a perfect dark)

rock, Gritty alt-rock with overdriven guitars, distorted male vocals, and a slow, stalking groove. Verses stay hushed and eerie with palm-muted riffs and tom-heavy drums; chorus opens into wide, crashing chords, layered scream harmonies, and saturated tape delay. Bridge drops to a single droning guitar and vocal, then slams back with a half-time stomp to finish.