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Lavinia’s Song(Doom metal version bonus) track,

V5.5

[LOVE BEYOND THE SEALS] [(Lavinia’s Song)] [Funeral bells followed by a slow, crushing guitar riff] [Verse 1] They called me Lavinia Whateley, The mad girl of Dunwich town. They buried me inside these walls And strapped my body down. The doctors spoke of nightmares, Of the blood within my veins— But I could hear Yog-Sothoth Whispering through the rain. Then they dragged in Herbert West, With death upon his coat. A broken man with restless eyes And madness in his throat. [Verse 2] He said he could raise the dead With poison, blood, and sin. He held a glowing needle up— “This will get us out of here.” I looked into that sickly light And pulled away in fear. “Oh no… not that green shit again. Keep that thing away from here!” He learned the locks; I learned their prayers. We planned through walls of stone. Two condemned souls fell in love, No longer damned alone. [Chorus] Open the seals— Let the ancient darkness in. Take my hand, my reanimator; Let the ending now begin. If this world would never love us, We will watch it disappear. I found Heaven in your madness And Hell when you drew near. Open the seals— Let the stars fall from above. At the ending of creation, You and I will still have love. [Verse 3] Herbert raised the night watchman With his fluorescent cure. The corpse tore through the orderlies And opened every door. We crossed the blood-soaked corridors As sirens filled the night. Herbert held my trembling hand And led me toward the light. Behind Doctor Armitage’s shrine, We found the book bound up in skin. The Necronomicon spoke my name— And I let the darkness in. [Bridge] [The music slows to a heartbeat with clean, haunting vocals] Herbert, will you love me When the sun no longer burns? When the dead crawl from their coffins And the last creation turns? Will you hold me in the darkness When the final church bell dies? Will you kiss me as the Old Ones Tear the moon out of the sky? [Herbert’s distant voice] “Even death could not divide us.” [Charlotte whispers] “Then let everything else die.” [Breakdown] [Massive guitars and pounding drums] DAGON RISES FROM THE WATER! CTHULHU WAKES BENEATH THE FOAM! SHUB-NIGGURATH CALLS HER CHILDREN! YOG-SOTHOTH HAS FOUND HIS HOME! OPEN! OPEN! OPEN EVERY SEAL! Let mankind finally witness What it told me wasn’t real! [Final Chorus] Open the seals— Let the end consume the dawn. Every kingdom turns to ashes. Every hope is dead and gone. But beneath the dying heavens, While the frightened angels flee, Herbert West will stand beside me For all eternity. Open the seals— Sound the bells beneath the sea. The world denied our love in life— Now death will set us free. [Latin Chant] [The instruments fade into a low drone as countless voices join Charlotte] Yog-Sothoth, porta et clavis, Solve sigilla, aperi viam. Ex tenebris surgite, Antiqui, Mare, terra, caelum pereant. Necronomicon, duc me ultra. Amor et mors unum sunt. Ia! Yog-Sothoth! Ia! Azathoth! Mundus cadat— Regnum veniat! [Outro] They called me Lavinia Whateley— A mad girl they locked away. Now Herbert is my lover… And the Old Ones rule the day.