Crimson Vows

Lyrics

Verse 1
Silk on the walls
Candles breathing
Shadows on portraits
All of them seeing

Red hair trembling
Hand on her door
Twenty years burning
Hiding a war

Pre-Chorus
Every lesson at your side
Every glance I had to hide
All the words I never spoke
Curling in my throat

Chorus
Mother, my love, my crimson vow
I can't turn back, I won't bow down
Let the world break, let kingdoms fall
If loving you is wrong, I'll lose it all
Mother, my love, just say my name
Hold me in the fire, bless the flame

Verse 2
You in your nightgown
Reading in bed
Silver ring shining
Crown on your head

I say it shaking
Voice like a knife
“I want your heart
Your body, your life”

Pre-Chorus
You look shocked, then you just breathe
Eyes like wine, they pull on me
Softest whisper in the night
“I have felt this bite”

Chorus
Mother, my love, my crimson vow
I can't turn back, I won't bow down
Let the world break, let kingdoms fall
If loving you is wrong, I'll lose it all
Mother, my love, just say my name
Hold me in the fire, bless the flame

Bridge
Music drops to piano and low strings
On the altar, velvet veil
Family banners, faces pale
We sign our names in quiet red
Choose our future, burn the past dead

Hands entwined, we hear them speak
Their cold curses feel so weak
In your arms, their voices fade
Only our dark promise stays

Chorus
Mother, my love, my crimson vow
I can't turn back, I won't bow down
Let the world break, let kingdoms fall
If loving you is wrong, I'll lose it all
Mother, my love, you said my name
Now we walk through fire, one and the same

Outro
Candles flicker, curtains drawn
Two hearts beating, one dark dawn
Let them hate, let empires fade
We are the love they could not cage