Beloved Night, My Final Bride (Remastered)

[Intro: Exposed cold tremolo guitar; sinister lead guitar tears beneath it; distant cymbal swell] [Verse 1: Restrained drums enter; tremolo motif continues as the lead guitar answers between lines] When love withdrew in shameful flight I poured a glass and called for Night The amber caught the candle flame She rose and softly spoke my name Her eyes were stars long since gone cold Her kiss was rot wrapped soft in gold I fell in love where shadows lie Beneath a moon that yearned to die [Pre-Chorus: Bass and floor toms build; lead guitar bends dissonantly beneath the tremolo] Each dusk she came To claim my sight I drank the dark And called it right [Chorus: Slow crushing death-doom riff; tremolo overhead; sinister lead cuts through; brief blast-beat surge] I fell in love with the Night With her cemetery light She dressed my wounds in endless black And swore I’d never feel pain I fell in love with the Night My coffin crowned with starlight She closed my eyes—I begged her stay And gladly rotted into day [Verse 2: Pull back to deliberate drums; tremolo and lower lead guitar trade short phrases] By raven’s cry and bat-winged hymn She taught my heart to starve within No dawn could tear me from her arms No prayer could break nocturnal charms I carved her name in dying breath Along the spine of gentle death Each glass ran dry; each morning groaned Until the dark felt like a home [Chorus: Slow crushing riff returns; lead guitar snarls beneath the tremolo; brief blast-beat surge] I fell in love with the Night With her cemetery light She dressed my wounds in endless black And swore I’d never feel pain I fell in love with the Night My coffin crowned with starlight She closed my eyes—I begged her stay And gladly rotted into day [Bridge: Sparse dirge; low guitar drone, isolated tom hits, distant dissonant lead notes] O tender dark, thou final grace Wrap thy silence round my face Let morning rot behind the door I was alive—I am no more [Chant: Single voice; drums stop; one low guitar note rings beneath each line] No sun No breath No God Just death [Verse 3: Tremolo motif returns quietly; sinister lead swells between lines; drums build] Now nailed to hours that never move I wake with shaking hands, alone I drink the dark of my obsession And watch her gather in the glass If love be sin, then damn me twice For I would pay eternal price To rot within her soft decay And never wake to dying day [Final Chorus: Heaviest death-doom riff; tremolo surges above the lead; drums drive to a final stop] I fell in love with the Night With her cemetery light She sealed my fate in starless black And tore the sunrise from my back I fell in love with the Night My bride beyond all sight She closed my eyes—I ceased to pray For Night has claimed me; I will stay [Outro: Instruments recede; tremolo and lead guitar fall away; final chord rings, then stops] Forever dusk Forever bound I loved the Night And wore her shroud [Chorus: Slow crushing riff returns; lead guitar snarls beneath the tremolo; brief blast-beat surge] I fell in love with the Night With her cemetery light She dressed my wounds in endless black And swore I’d never feel pain I fell in love with the Night My coffin crowned with starlight She closed my eyes—I begged her stay And gladly rotted into day [Bridge: Sparse dirge; low guitar drone, isolated tom hits, distant dissonant lead notes] O tender dark, thou final grace Wrap thy silence round my face Let morning rot behind the door I was alive—I am no more [Chant: Single voice; drums stop; one low guitar note rings beneath each line] No sun No breath No God Just death [Verse 3: Tremolo motif returns quietly; sinister lead swells between lines; drums build] Now nailed to hours that never move I wake with shaking hands, alone I drink the dark of my obsession And watch her gather in the glass If love be sin, then damn me twice For I would pay eternal price To rot within her soft decay And never wake to dying day