𝑅𝑜𝓁𝓁 𝑀𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓈

I wear the night like a veil on my skin, Invite every vice, let the venom come in. A shiver, a sliver, a beautiful sin, I grin at the grave and the grave grins again. Your shadow is scratching its name on my door, Your perfume is poison, I still beg for more. You swore you were pure what a pretty folklore. Now ruin is crawling all over the floor. Rattle the lock, rip through the chain, Rattle my ribs till they rhyme with the rain. You buried the truth, but the roots still remain. Rising, Writhing, Right through my veins. Roll me in roses, then bury the bloom! Dress me in scarlet, then lock me in gloom! Ruin me right, make a ritual room! If love is a coffin, then give me the tomb! I crave it! I hate it! I feed it! I fight! Rip out the morning, I marry the night! You carved me a crown from the bones of regret, A debt for a debt that I'll never forget. You wanted a saint? You got something better: A sinner in leather with teeth at your neck. I flutter, I fracture, I flourish, I fall, I scribble your scripture in blood on the wall. Your heaven was hollow, your halo too small. So I ripped off the wings and I swallowed them all. Rattle the lock, Rip through the chain, Rattle my ribs till they sing out your name. Rage, Ravage, Reign. Roll me in roses, then bury the bloom! Dress me in scarlet, then lock me in gloom! Ruin me right, make a ritual room! If love is a coffin, then give me the tomb! I crave it! I hate it! I feed it! I fight! Rip out the morning, I marry the night! Remember me. Dis-member me. Tenderly. Render me your enemy. I prayed to the mirror. It whispered: "No." I prayed to your memory. It told me: "Go." I prayed to the darkness. It started to grow. So I gave it a name. [Long pause, single bass note] And it sounded like revenge. Revenge for the roses, Revenge for the rot, Remember the promises everyone forgot. Remove every ribbon, reveal every scar, You wanted your monster? Here you are. Roll me in roses, I'll rise from the bloom! I'll dance with the dead in the heart of the gloom! Ruin me once, I'll return as your doom! You built me a coffin, I made it a throne! I craved it! I hated! I bled! I survived! You buried me breathing, but I came back alive! Rip out the morning, Ring out the night. I'm rotten, Regal, Ready. [Highest sustained melodic note, gentle vibrato] to rise. Ritual. Rise.