The Temple of the Unforgiven - V.V

Love opposed by gods! [ Intro - Faint wailing winds, distant chains dragging through the dark. Voices echo like broken hearts buried in sand…] “Beneath the tomb of stolen dreams, the restless dead are watching. Jealous of every touch we dared, every breath we shared in life.” “These ghosts — lovers lost and never found — claw at fate with icy hands. They vow no heart shall beat unbroken, no soul escape their bitter grasp.” “They’d tear the world to keep us sundered. They’d curse the stars to make us bleed. For torment is the only gospel the grieving dead still heed.” (voice lowers, intimate menace) But let them wail, let spirits rage… For even hell can’t cage desire. Tonight we burn through veils of sorrow. Tonight — the damned will taste our fire.” A final ghostly whisper spreads across the void: “…your love belongs to us…”] [Verse 1 - haunted, strong, manic, deep vox] You rise like twilight from the ashes The heavens claim what once was mine I walk alone through gates of iron A mortal damned by the divine Their statues weep with hollow judgment Their holy wrath — our only crime [Verse 2] Your halo bound in chains of starlight Our names erased from sacred scrolls They vowed that love is for the chosen Not fallen hearts or broken souls Yet every curse they cast upon us Only makes devotion whole [Chorus - anthemic powerful choir, crowd chant, layered, syncopated synth] In the temple of the unforgiven We carve our names in fire No god above will cage the hunger Of everlasting desire If the heavens tear us into ruin We’ll bleed but never tire In the temple of the unforgiven Love is sin — and sin is higher [Verse 3] Their angels guard your crystal prison Their spears of light forbid your touch But passion laughs at gilded tyrants No throne can judge a love this much I’ll cut the sky, defy their scripture Even if gods call it a crutch [Bridge] Spoken-darkened tone, slow and echoing They claim our hearts are poison They claim our souls unclean Yet what is heaven’s virtue… If it kills what might have been? [Chorus - anthemic powerful choir, crowd chant, layered, syncopated synth] In the temple of the unforgiven We carve our names in fire No god above will cage the hunger Of everlasting desire If the heavens tear us into ruin We’ll bleed but never tire In the temple of the unforgiven Love is sin — and sin is higher [Verse 4] Against the throne of cold immortal Our mortal flames refuse to die Let gods of stone cast down their thunder We’ll break the stars that bar the sky For even doom cannot extinguish Two souls the cosmos can’t deny [Bridge - Whispered, ritual call, prayer, haunted] Strike the idols Shatter fate Love the weapon Gods the hate We are legion Two make eight Hands forbidden Still create [Chorus - final anthemic powerful choir, crowd chant, layered, syncopated synth, Gothic Rise] In the temple of the unforgiven Our vow becomes the pyre We burn the gates of sanctified hate And claim the world entire If creation falls for daring lovers We’ll rule the ruins higher In the temple of the unforgiven Love ascends through blackened fire [Reprise] [Outro - Organ and guitars collide — baritone chant against choir fade out]