10. The Vane’s Revenge (The Sailor’s Ghost)

[Intro] [Verse 1] A name falls through the poisoned air half-spoken in an opium haze Prince Charming. A ghost I buried with the years returns inside a stranger’s voice Through smoke and candlelight he moves salt in his blood vengeance in his hands A sailor carrying eighteen winters like iron beneath his skin And suddenly the night remembers me [Pre-Chorus] His eyes do not accuse They promise No sermon No mercy Only a vow that refused to drown [Chorus] The sailor’s ghost upon my trail Through London fog and candle pale Across the years across the sea He brings her silence back to me The sailor’s ghost the sailor’s ghost No youth can hide what waits below Umbra sequitur [Verse 2] At every window someone watches Pale against the glass motionless patient A face cut from judgment Even the fire feels colder now The house grows still the servants sleep but footsteps move where none should be Behind each door beneath each breath Something follows [Pre-Chorus] His shadow needs no rest It lingers No ocean No distance Can silence what I became [Chorus] The sailor’s ghost upon my trail Through London fog and candle pale Across the years across the sea He drags her dying voice through me The sailor’s ghost the sailor’s ghost No untouched face can shield the soul Umbra sequitur [Bridge] I hear him between the heartbeats In the corridor at the window In the breath behind my own Not man Not memory Only consequence [Instrumental Bridge] [Final Chorus] The sailor’s ghost no longer hunts He stands where all my shadows end Across the years across the sea He came to be what follows me The sailor’s ghost the sailor’s ghost And in his eyes I finally know No man escapes what walks behind Umbra sequitur [Outro] Umbra sequitur Umbra sequitur