love of a succubus

Lyrics

[Intro - bowed cello drones, distant thunder, mournful violin, solemn male chant]
Beneath the blackened chapel light, I kneel in shattered grace,
A crown of ash, a vow of gold, now hollowed by your face.
The saints have turned their eyes away, the bells have lost their tongue,
And in the hush between the graves, your forbidden song is sung.

[Verse 1 - dark arpeggiated guitar, low strings, aching baritone vocals]
I wore the sun like sacred steel, I bled for mercy's flame,
A holy blade, a prayer of iron, a heart too proud to tame.
Then you arrived like midnight silk, with eyes of burning sin,
A rose made of the void itself, and all my walls gave in.

Your smile was a ruined altar, your breath a poisoned psalm,
And every step you took toward me unmade my faith and calm.
I tried to call the heavens down, I tried to turn away,
But beauty in your cursed form made all my vows decay.

[Pre-Chorus - rising violins, double-kick drums, tortured harmonies]
Oh, I recoiled from your unholy touch,
Yet my soul was starving, and it hurt too much.
The light within me trembled, cracked, and fell,
As if my own salvation knew your spell.

[Chorus - full heavy guitars, soaring violin lead, thunderous drums, anguished clean vocals]
And I fell to you, I fell to you,
Beneath the red moon's blasphemous hue.
Your hands like fire, your kiss like doom,
Still I knelt as the dead ones bloom.

We touched, and the world began to break,
A blossoming blasphemous embrace.
My cursed heart, your dark delight,
Two damned souls bleeding into night.

[Verse 2 - slower chugging riffs, weeping cello, whispered vocals turning to growl]
You were the wound I could not mend, the sin I could not sever,
A velvet demon in the dark, a storm I’d wear forever.
The choir of ghosts inside my mind sang warnings through the wall,
But every note you traced on me made every warning fall.

I heard the chapel doors collapse, I heard the saints despair,
As your blackened fingers brushed my brow like incense in the air.
My armor shook, my halo burned, my knees betrayed my pride,
And in the dust before your throne, I let my ruin slide.

[Pre-Chorus - strings swelling, toms rolling, desperate dual vocals]
Oh, I recoiled from your unholy touch,
Yet your cruel caress became too much.
The righteous fire I guarded all my life
Bowed before your beautiful knife.

[Chorus - massive guitars, violin soaring higher, desperate gang vocals]
And I fell to you, I fell to you,
Beneath the red moon's blasphemous hue.
Your hands like fire, your kiss like doom,
Still I knelt as the dead ones bloom.

We touched, and the world began to break,
A blossoming blasphemous embrace.
My cursed heart, your dark delight,
Two damned souls bleeding into night.

[Bridge - stripped back cello and solo violin, fragile vocals, distant clean guitar]
If heaven hears me, let it weep,
For I have loved what I should not keep.
And if perdition claims my name,
I’ll enter gladly, calling yours the same.

Your shadow wrapped around my prayer,
A tender curse, a borrowed air.
I died a little when you came,
And lived a little in your flame.

[Final Chorus - full orchestral metal, doubled vocals, soaring violin climax]
And I fell to you, I fell to you,
Beneath the red moon's blasphemous hue.
Your hands like fire, your kiss like doom,
Still I knelt as the dead ones bloom.

We touched, and the world began to break,
A blossoming blasphemous embrace.
My cursed heart, your dark delight,
Two damned souls bleeding into night.

[Outro - fading cello, rain-soaked violin, whispered vocal harmonies]
Embrace... embrace...
The blasphemy that made me ache...
In your dark and beautiful grace,
I found my ruin... and my place.