The Black Velvet Prayer v3.5 (2 Alternative Version)

[Intro] [Verse 1] Midnight breathes through silent air, While a soul begins a prayer. Velvet darkness wraps the hall, Like a shadow on the wall. Kneeling where the saints once cried, Someone hides their darker side. Words too dark for heaven's ear, Fall like whispers sharp and clear. [Chorus] This black velvet prayer tonight, Calls the shadows, not the light. Not to angels pure and fair, But to forces waiting there. This black velvet prayer so deep, Wakes the souls that never sleep. Through the silence cold and bare, Echoes of forbidden prayer. [Long Instrumental] [Verse 2] Every breath becomes a vow, Every sin remembered now. Sacred candles start to fade, While the darker pact is made. Faith grows fragile in the gloom, Like a rose upon a tomb. And the prayer once softly said, Wakes the silence of the dead. [Chorus] This black velvet prayer tonight, Calls the shadows, not the light. Not to angels pure and fair, But to forces waiting there. This black velvet prayer so deep, Wakes the souls that never sleep. Through the silence cold and bare, Echoes of forbidden prayer. [Long Instrumental] [Bridge] One night a voice spoke a forbidden prayer, Praising the sins that linger there. Calling the dark, denying the light, Summoning shadows into the night. Tearing the veil between worlds apart, Waking the souls that should not start. Opening gates no hand should unveil, Black tears falling within the veil. [Chorus] This black velvet prayer tonight, Calls the shadows, not the light. Not to angels pure and fair, But to forces waiting there. This black velvet prayer so deep, Wakes the souls that never sleep. Through the silence cold and bare, Echoes of forbidden prayer. [Chorus] This black velvet prayer tonight, Calls the shadows, not the light. Not to angels pure and fair, But to forces waiting there. This black velvet prayer so deep, Wakes the souls that never sleep. Through the silence cold and bare, Echoes of forbidden prayer. [Instrumental fade out]