[Intro, spoken female Vocals, not sung] Here at the Velvet Hunger, you've heard tales—of the collar, of revenge, betrayal, lust, and remembrance. But power… power has its own price. This is the story of one who sought it. One who paid for it. One who wears it still. [Verse 1, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] I was nothing but ash in the wind, A ghost in the city with fire-stained skin. They came with promises, cloaks of gold, Whispers of power that never grew old. They fed me lies in silver chains, Wrapped me in velvet, sweet with pain. But the cost was high, the leash was tight— I bought the stars, and sold the night. [Chorus, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] This is the price of power paid, A throne of blood, a bed I made. You lift the crown, you earn the flame— But nothing loved will stay the same. This is the toll you always knew: The power costs the soul of you. [Verse 2, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] I wore their love like borrowed lace, Smiles that vanished without a trace. Their hands once warm, now turned to claws, Their kindness cracked with secret laws. I built them homes from broken bones, And watched them turn their hearts to stones. They drank my light, they praised my name, Then left me drowning in the shame. [Chorus, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] This is the price of power paid, A throne of blood, a bed I made. You lift the crown, you earn the flame— But nothing loved will stay the same. This is the toll you always knew: The power costs the soul of you. [Verse 3, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] I once believed in chosen kin, In love that lasts, in bloodless sin. But friends became collectors' blades, Their loyalty a masquerade. They smiled and smiled and drained me dry, And left me with the watching sky. To guard, to guide, to wear the name, While all the world forgets my flame. [Bridge, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] And still they ask for more, more still, To warm their hands, to break my will. To beg forgiveness with empty cups, While carving deeper, never enough. I gave and gave, until I cracked— And still they smiled, and still attacked. [Verse 4, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] Now I see with hollow sight, A queen who guards the final light. And in my halls the tales are kept, Of every vow the vipers wept. The scalpel sings beneath my skin, The surgeon’s art, the wages of sin. And all who rise must bend the knee, To ghosts who paid the price like me. [Chorus,Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] This is the price of power paid, A throne of blood, a bed I made. You lift the crown, you earn the flame— But nothing loved will stay the same. This is the toll you always knew: The power costs the soul of you. [Outro Chorus, Melodic but Powerful Female Vocals] This is the price, the breathless toll, The aching weight, the shattered role. To wear the power, to bear the sin— Is to be caged by those within. This is the cost of all you've done— The price of power. Paid by one.
