[Intro] [Rain ambience, music box, solemn piano, low cello] [Whispered Female Vocal] I've been waiting for you [Verse 1] Rain trembles on the windowpane In a nameless shop where time stands still A violet stone, deeper than the night Its silver clasp whispers like a secret Pride is my gown, loneliness my crown I learned to hide each trace of weakness When I clasp fate around my throat Even the blackest dark turns toward the light [Pre-Chorus] The color of tomorrow slowly returns To a fevered child's pale cheeks Yet deep within the fractured mirror My reflection turns away and laughs [Chorus] Amethyst Turn, spin and spin Let love take root, draw out the poison Turn all my joy to living light And loose the bonds of the world's pain Amethyst Turn, how beautiful you are Each time another heart finds happiness A black flower catches fire in me Why must it always fall to me? Still, I cannot cast you off Your violet gleam outshines my tears [Verse 2] A sleepless mother, a wounded soldier Take my hands and smile at me Their cries of "Saint" rise ever higher While jealousy burns inside my throat I hook a finger under the silver chain But the clasp refuses to yield A purple butterfly circles overhead Its wings summon the shadows of those before me [Pre-Chorus] Bestowing joy, embracing the dark The women before me broke beautifully Is this the miracle—or its price? Must I repeat what they endured? [Chorus] Amethyst Turn, spin and spin Take their wounds and feed me hatred For every dawn that reaches them My midnight deepens all the more Amethyst Turn, smile for them A lady of my blood must never weep Swallow resentment, swallow jealousy And offer them a graceful hand Ah, these chains they call salvation Who was this violet made to love? [Breakdown] [Music drops to piano and heartbeat] I only need to break away That's all it takes When all this light has faded Will you still love me? If I no longer save you What will be left of me? [Bridge] [Orchestra gradually rising] I hear them now, a thousand voices Do not be ashamed of your hatred From every wounded heart there rises One small, unguarded cry Now turn the jewel the other way Turn the force that steals into one that gives Reverse the tide of light and shadow Overturn the fate imposed on me I will be the final bearer No more calling sacrifice a virtue I choose them both, the curse and miracle Even this darkness Belongs to me! [Guitar Solo] [Melodic electric guitar, soaring strings, cathedral choir] [Final Chorus] [Key Change] [Powerful Female Vocal] Amethyst Turn, spin and spin! Cut through the darkness, summon the dawn I deny neither grief nor love I stand and hold them both Amethyst Turn, shine and shine! I will not fade for someone else's sake As I reclaim the self I buried I will light your tomorrow too Hatred, you need not disappear Jealousy, you reveal where I still ache When we share the light we've gathered The violet stone turns crystal-bright Amethyst Turn, spin and spin! Turn the ancient cycle toward hope I was not chosen I choose this fate! [Outro] [Music box, distant bell, fading strings] The ancient jewel I lift from my neck Does not turn black, but softly glimmers It spins once in the palm of my hand Then comes to rest, reflecting morning A purple butterfly unfolds its wings And vanishes into the dawn [Whispered Female Vocal] Is it over now? [Single Bell] Deep within the fractured mirror My violet reflection smiles at me
