FRANK 005 – Elizabeth and Henry | Frankenstein

(Verse 1) Elizabeth brought gentleness wherever she would stay, And turned the smallest household hour to something bright as day. She held the world with wonder, trust, and quiet human grace, And made affection seem the truest shelter of a place. (Verse 2) Young Henry filled his dreaming heart with chivalry and song, With noble deeds and distant lands where injured souls grew strong. He loved the living world beyond the measure of a name, And sought no hidden mastery, no cold immortal fame. (Chorus) Elizabeth and Henry were the warmth he left behind, The faithful human voices that his hunger made him blind. They offered love and fellowship, imagination’s light, While Victor turned from all of them and travelled into night. (Verse 3) She waited through his silence with a patience free from blame, Still guarding every memory of the boy he once became. Her letters crossed the distance with concern in every line, Yet could not reach the secret where his ruin would entwine. (Verse 4) And Henry came beside him when his strength and reason broke, To nurse him through the fever and the nightmares as he woke. He led him back through language, fields, and friendship’s open door, Though Victor kept the truth concealed and suffered evermore. (Chorus) Elizabeth and Henry were the warmth he left behind, The faithful human voices that his hunger made him blind. They offered love and fellowship, imagination’s light, While Victor turned from all of them and travelled into night. (Bridge) One bore the peace of home within the kindness of her heart, One bore the dreams of noble deeds and every poet’s art. Together they revealed the life his pride would slowly sever, The human bonds once freely held, then cast away forever. (Outro) So still they stand in memory where Geneva’s waters gleam, The love beside his childhood and the friendship in his dream. Before his secret labour drew him past the reach of day, Elizabeth and Henry showed the world he threw away.