song [Verse 1] She sat alone beneath the office light, A bag of sweets on Halloween night, “Look at her eating, no wonder she’s wide,” The whispers came from the other side. They laughed at the woman they thought they knew, Every cruel little joke cutting deeper through, “Another chocolate? You’ll never be thin,” She smiled through the shame with a tremble within. She picked up a sweet and looked into their eyes, And something behind her smile started to rise. “You’ll laugh tonight, but remember my name, Because one year from now, I won’t look the same.” [PRE-CHORUS] The candles burned, the windows shook, She opened an ancient, forbidden book. She whispered words no living tongue should say, And sealed her fate on Halloween Day. [CHORUS — THE SPELL] Blood of the living, shadow of the dead, Take what they gave me, return what they said. By moonlight, by midnight, by candle and flame, Let those who know me remember my name. Make me solid to those who believe, Invisible to strangers who cannot perceive. One year, one vow, let the old me depart, Bind me to vengeance, bind me to dark. [Verse 2] The morning came and she walked through the door, But nobody noticed the woman anymore. Her coworkers stared, then carried on, Not knowing their colleague had already gone. She stopped eating lunch beneath the fluorescent glow, Her body grew smaller with each passing show. But no diet book told her how she’d changed, And nobody noticed the rules she’d rearranged. At night came the footsteps outside their beds, A whisper of words and a shadow overhead. A cold little sip from the vein of a dream, Then darkness would swallow their desperate screams. [Pre-Chorus 2] She’d sit by their beds when the whole world slept, Performing the rituals the darkness had kept. And every morning the scales would descend, While something inside her grew stronger again. [CHORUS — THE SPELL] Blood of the living, shadow of the dead, Take what they gave me, return what they said. By moonlight, by midnight, by candle and flame, Let those who know me remember my name. Make me solid to those who believe, Invisible to strangers who cannot perceive. One year, one vow, let the old me depart, Bind me to vengeance, bind me to dark. [Verse 3] The months disappeared like smoke in the rain, The bullies grew thinner, then thinner again. She stood in the mirror — a beautiful sight, But something was wrong in the dead of the night. Her face looked familiar, her eyes looked the same, Yet nobody outside could remember her name. She’d pass them at work and they’d walk straight through, Like she was a shadow they never once knew. But the ones who had loved her could see her still, She’d sit at their table, she’d laugh at their will. Solid as ever beneath their embrace, While strangers looked through her and saw empty space. [BRIDGE — THE REVEAL] Then Halloween came, one year to the day, She stood where she’d made her terrible vow. The candles burned down, the circle went black, And suddenly memories came rushing back. A scream in the office. A body on the floor. The night she’d made the promise… She’d never made it home before. She hadn’t lost weight. She’d lost her life. The spell hadn’t changed her body — It had changed her place in the world. She was dead on Halloween night, And every soul she’d punished helped keep her tied. [BREAKDOWN — WHISPERED] Blood of the living… Shadow of the dead… Take what they gave me… Return what they said… [FINAL CHORUS — BIG / HAUNTING] Blood of the living, shadow of the dead, Take what they gave me, return what they said. By moonlight, by midnight, by candle and flame, Let those who know me remember my name. Make me solid to those who believe, Invisible to strangers who cannot perceive. One year, one vow — and the truth now appears, She was dead from the moment they laughed through their sneers. Blood of the living, shadow of the dead, She never lost weight… she only shed The life that they mocked, the life that they knew, And now every Halloween… [OUTRO — WHISPER] She comes looking for you. So choose your words carefully… Because the dead…. Never forget…
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