I emerge from the edge of the unknown A voice that lingers, velvet and slow My song I call beneath your window I’m the whisper that tempts and devours A flicker of heat in winter’s hollow A siren lost, but still aching I reach for the fire, let it lick my skin A blood red rose, trembling, wanting I am the ghost that stirs in your chest The breath that trails down your spine I call to you, your silence moans You are the dream I ache to taste Silent, inevitable — I’ll pull you closer A blood red rose, blooming in the dark I crave the burn that stains my skin The scarlet dusk, the wild winds White swans drifting on sapphire tides My heart aches, but it’s dripping desire Your half-lidded eyes, black and smoldering Stare into the place where the forbidden hides I reach for the fire, let it lick my skin A blood red rose, trembling, wanting I am the ghost that stirs in your chest The breath that trails down your spine I call to you, your silence moans You are the dream I ache to taste Silent, inevitable — I’ll pull you closer A blood red rose, blooming in the dark I once believed love was a light But now I know — it’s the flame that consumes Even as I kneel in the wreck of us I kiss your memory, slow and sweet No fear, only hunger You are the ache, the fever that lingers A phantom wrapped around my hips My heart still beats, throbbing and raw I’ll hold your petals, crushed in my palm blood red rose, let your ashes stain me Silent, inevitable — I’ll take it all I am the ghost that stirs in your chest The breath that trails down your spine I call to you, your silence moans You are the dream I ache to taste Silent, inevitable — I’ll pull you closer A blood red rose, blooming in the dark Let the petals fall, I’ll wear the thorns A rebel heart, burning and bare Silent, inevitable — I carry on A blood red rose, blooming in the dark
